NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 41% higher core clock speed: 776 MHz vs 550 MHz
  • Around 69% higher texture fill rate: 37.2 GTexel / s vs 22 GTexel / s
  • Around 2% better floating-point performance: 894.0 gflops vs 880.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • 2.2x more memory clock speed: 3828 MHz vs 1776 MHz
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 443 vs 416
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2006 vs 720
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 24 April 2012 vs 9 January 2009
Core clock speed 776 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate 37.2 GTexel / s vs 22 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 894.0 gflops vs 880.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 3828 MHz vs 1776 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 443 vs 416
PassMark - G3D Mark 2006 vs 720

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

  • 2.8x more pipelines: 800 vs 288
  • Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 1914
  • Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 1914
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 800 vs 288
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350 vs 1914
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350 vs 1914

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
443
416
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2006
720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1914
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1914
3350
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
PassMark - G2D Mark 443 416
PassMark - G3D Mark 2006 720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1914 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1914 3350

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 TeraScale
Code name GF114 M98
Launch date 24 April 2012 9 January 2009
Place in performance rating 557 591
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 776 MHz 550 MHz
Floating-point performance 894.0 gflops 880.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 288 800
Texture fill rate 37.2 GTexel / s 22 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 102 Watt
Transistor count 1,950 million 956 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 210 mm
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 91.9 GB / s 56.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3828 MHz 1776 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI
1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600
HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio)
PCI-E 2.0 x16
Powerplay