NVIDIA GeForce 945M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 945M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 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 Quadro FX 3000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 945M

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 400 MHz
9.3x more texture fill rate: 29.81 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 850 MHz
30.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2109 vs 69
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 240 vs 178

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 October 2015 vs 22 July 2003
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	29.81 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 850 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2109 vs 69
PassMark - G2D Mark	240 vs 178

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 945M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2109

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

240

178

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 945M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000
PassMark - G3D Mark	2109	69
PassMark - G2D Mark	240	178
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 Quadro FX 3000
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Rankine
Code name	GM107	NV35
Launch date	27 October 2015	22 July 2003
Place in performance rating	968	966
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$203
Price now		$166.60
Value for money (0-100)		0.53
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1085 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	953.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	29.81 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	135 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	AGP 8x
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB / s	27.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	850 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus