NVIDIA GeForce 945M vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 945M and NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 945M

NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 945M

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 425 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
117.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2109 vs 18
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 240 vs 181

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 October 2015 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2109 vs 18
PassMark - G2D Mark	240 vs 181

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 945M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2109

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

240

181

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 945M	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430
PassMark - G3D Mark	2109	18
PassMark - G2D Mark	240	181
Geekbench - OpenCL	8099
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	28.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	380.461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	31.027
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	107.094
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2961
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3343
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2961
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3343

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 945M	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 + nForce Go 430
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Curie
Code name	GM107	C51M
Launch date	27 October 2015	1 February 2006
Place in performance rating	961	958
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1085 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	953.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	29.81 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus