NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
5.6x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 197 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 811 vs 613
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 3238
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 3238

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 September 2010 vs 18 March 2008
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 197 Watt
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	811 vs 613
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350 vs 3238
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350 vs 3238

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

Around 27% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1180 MHz
7.2x more texture fill rate: 76.8 billion / sec vs 10.6 billion / sec
Around 78% higher pipelines: 2x 128 vs 144
2.3x better floating-point performance: 2x 384.0 gflops vs 339.8 gflops
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 262 vs 203

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1180 MHz
Texture fill rate	76.8 billion / sec vs 10.6 billion / sec
Pipelines	2x 128 vs 144
Floating-point performance	2x 384.0 gflops vs 339.8 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	262 vs 203

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

811

613

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

203

262

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3350

3238

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3350

3238

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
PassMark - G3D Mark	811	613
PassMark - G2D Mark	203	262
Geekbench - OpenCL	12379
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3274
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3274
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350	3238
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350	3238

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla
Code name	GF106	G92
Launch date	3 September 2010	18 March 2008
Place in performance rating	880	882
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Technical info
Core clock speed	1180 MHz	1500 MHz
CUDA cores	144	256 (128 per GPU)
Floating-point performance	339.8 gflops	2x 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	144	2x 128
Texture fill rate	10.6 billion / sec	76.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	197 Watt
Transistor count	1,170 million	754 million
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, HDMIDual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
SLI options		Quad
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin & 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12 API	10.0
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	60.0 GB / s	128 (64 per GPU)
Memory bus width	192 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI