NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM and ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 16% higher core clock speed: 776 MHz vs 669 MHz
  • Around 4% better floating-point performance: 894.0 gflops vs 2x 428.2 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
  • Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 102 Watt vs 140 Watt
  • 2.3x more memory clock speed: 3828 MHz vs 1656 MHz
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 443 vs 422
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2006 vs 822
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 24 April 2012 vs 4 April 2008
Core clock speed 776 MHz vs 669 MHz
Floating-point performance 894.0 gflops vs 2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 102 Watt vs 140 Watt
Memory clock speed 3828 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 443 vs 422
PassMark - G3D Mark 2006 vs 822

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

  • 5.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 37.2 GTexel / s
  • 2.2x more pipelines: 2x 320 vs 288
Texture fill rate 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 37.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 320 vs 288

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
443
422
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2006
822
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
PassMark - G2D Mark 443 422
PassMark - G3D Mark 2006 822
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1914
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1914

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 TeraScale
Code name GF114 RV670
Launch date 24 April 2012 4 April 2008
Place in performance rating 557 344
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $349

Technical info

Core clock speed 776 MHz 669 MHz
Floating-point performance 894.0 gflops 2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 288 2x 320
Texture fill rate 37.2 GTexel / s 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 102 Watt 140 Watt
Transistor count 1,950 million 666 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 210 mm 267 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 91.9 GB / s 2x 53.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3828 MHz 1656 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3