NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M and NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra 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 Go 6800 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 1180 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 96% higher texture fill rate: 10.6 billion / sec vs 5.4 GTexel / s
12x more pipelines: 144 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 89 Watt
12x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 256 MB
Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1200 MHz
5.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 811 vs 138
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 203 vs 198

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 September 2010 vs 24 February 2005
Core clock speed	1180 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.6 billion / sec vs 5.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	144 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 89 Watt
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	811 vs 138
PassMark - G2D Mark	203 vs 198

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

811

138

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

203

198

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	811	138
PassMark - G2D Mark	203	198
Geekbench - OpenCL	12379
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3274
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3274
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Curie
Code name	GF106	NV41
Launch date	3 September 2010	24 February 2005
Place in performance rating	880	883
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1180 MHz	450 MHz
CUDA cores	144
Floating-point performance	339.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	144	12
Texture fill rate	10.6 billion / sec	5.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	89 Watt
Transistor count	1,170 million	222 million
Boost clock speed		450 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12 API	9.0c
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	60.0 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	600 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI