NVIDIA GeForce 945M vs NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 945M and NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL 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 Quadro4 980 XGL

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 945M

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 11 month(s) later
3.4x more core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 300 MHz
12.4x more texture fill rate: 29.81 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 650 MHz
421.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2109 vs 5
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 240 vs 181

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 October 2015 vs 12 November 2002
Core clock speed	1029 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	29.81 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 650 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2109 vs 5
PassMark - G2D Mark	240 vs 181

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 945M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2109

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

240

181

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 945M	NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL
PassMark - G3D Mark	2109	5
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 Quadro4 980 XGL
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Kelvin
Code name	GM107	NV28 A2
Launch date	27 October 2015	12 November 2002
Place in performance rating	967	964
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1085 MHz
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	953.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	29.81 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	36 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	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	8.1
OpenGL	4.5	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB / s	10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	650 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus