NVIDIA GeForce 945M vs NVIDIA Quadro K4000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 945M and NVIDIA Quadro K4000 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 945M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 27% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 810 MHz
  • Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 80 Watt
  • Around 22% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8099 vs 6660
  • Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 28.633 vs 18.437
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.988 vs 1.897
  • Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 31.027 vs 23.742
  • Around 73% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 107.094 vs 61.965
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3683 vs 3651
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3343 vs 3321
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3683 vs 3651
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3343 vs 3321
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 October 2015 vs 1 March 2013
Core clock speed 1029 MHz vs 810 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 80 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 8099 vs 6660
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 28.633 vs 18.437
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.988 vs 1.897
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 31.027 vs 23.742
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 107.094 vs 61.965
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3683 vs 3651
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3343 vs 3321
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3683 vs 3651
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3343 vs 3321

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K4000

  • Around 74% higher texture fill rate: 51.84 GTexel / s vs 29.81 GTexel / s
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 768 vs 512
  • Around 30% better floating-point performance: 1,244 gflops vs 953.9 gflops
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
  • 3.1x more memory clock speed: 5616 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2724 vs 2108
  • Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 417 vs 255
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 427.88 vs 380.461
  • Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3798 vs 2961
  • Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3798 vs 2961
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 51.84 GTexel / s vs 29.81 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 512
Floating-point performance 1,244 gflops vs 953.9 gflops
Maximum memory size 3 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 5616 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2724 vs 2108
PassMark - G2D Mark 417 vs 255
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 427.88 vs 380.461
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3798 vs 2961
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3798 vs 2961

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 945M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K4000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2108
2724
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
255
417
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
8099
6660
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
28.633
18.437
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
380.461
427.88
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.988
1.897
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
31.027
23.742
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
107.094
61.965
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2961
3798
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3683
3651
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3343
3321
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2961
3798
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3683
3651
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3343
3321
Name NVIDIA GeForce 945M NVIDIA Quadro K4000
PassMark - G3D Mark 2108 2724
PassMark - G2D Mark 255 417
Geekbench - OpenCL 8099 6660
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 28.633 18.437
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 380.461 427.88
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.988 1.897
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 31.027 23.742
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 107.094 61.965
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2961 3798
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3683 3651
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3343 3321
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2961 3798
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3683 3651
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3343 3321
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 817

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 945M NVIDIA Quadro K4000

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Kepler
Code name GM107 GK106
Launch date 27 October 2015 1 March 2013
Place in performance rating 952 889
Type Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $1,269
Price now $225.65
Value for money (0-100) 14.81

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1085 MHz
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 810 MHz
Floating-point performance 953.9 gflops 1,244 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 768
Texture fill rate 29.81 GTexel / s 51.84 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 80 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 2,540 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Length 241 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB / s 134.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 5616 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus