NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 545

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 29% higher pipelines: 144 vs 112
  • Around 23% better floating-point performance: 414.7 gflops vs 336.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 512 MB
  • Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1105 vs 457
  • 5.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 325 vs 58
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3323 vs 2845
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3304
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3323 vs 2845
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3304
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 May 2011 vs 21 July 2008
Pipelines 144 vs 112
Floating-point performance 414.7 gflops vs 336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt vs 105 Watt
Maximum memory size 1536 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1105 vs 457
PassMark - G2D Mark 325 vs 58
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3323 vs 2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3304
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3323 vs 2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3304

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

  • 2.1x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 720 MHz
  • Around 94% higher texture fill rate: 33.6 billion / sec vs 17.28 GTexel / s
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 720 MHz
Texture fill rate 33.6 billion / sec vs 17.28 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 545
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1105
457
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
325
58
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3323
2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3304
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3323
2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
3304
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 1105 457
PassMark - G2D Mark 325 58
Geekbench - OpenCL 3635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 306.536
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 18.564
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 35.369
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3323 2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 3304
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1893
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3323 2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 3304

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Tesla
Code name GF116 G92
Launch date 14 May 2011 21 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $149 $160
Place in performance rating 1085 1087
Price now $55.59 $103.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 26.90 8.86

Technical info

Core clock speed 720 MHz 1500 MHz
Floating-point performance 414.7 gflops 336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 144 112
Texture fill rate 17.28 GTexel / s 33.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt 105 Watt
Transistor count 1,170 million 754 million
CUDA cores 112
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 145 mm 9" (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 38.4 GB / s 57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 900 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI