NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 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 645M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 56% lower typical power consumption: 32 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 8.493 vs 8.17
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3670 vs 1679
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3341 vs 3077
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3670 vs 1679
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3341 vs 3077
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 October 2012 vs 7 January 2010
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 32 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.493 vs 8.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.863 vs 0.86
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3670 vs 1679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3341 vs 3077
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3670 vs 1679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3341 vs 3077

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

  • Around 23% higher texture fill rate: 28 GTexel / s vs 22.7 billion / sec
  • 2.1x more pipelines: 800 vs 384
  • 2.1x better floating-point performance: 1,120.0 gflops vs 544.5 gflops
  • 2.2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1085 vs 935
  • Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 219 vs 160
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 585.971 vs 285.42
  • Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 20.108 vs 17.242
  • 5.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 98.606 vs 19.116
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2070 vs 1913
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2070 vs 1913
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 28 GTexel / s vs 22.7 billion / sec
Pipelines 800 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,120.0 gflops vs 544.5 gflops
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1085 vs 935
PassMark - G2D Mark 219 vs 160
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 585.971 vs 285.42
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 20.108 vs 17.242
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 98.606 vs 19.116
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2070 vs 1913
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2070 vs 1913

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
935
1085
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
160
219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8.493
8.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
285.42
585.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.863
0.86
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
17.242
20.108
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19.116
98.606
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1913
2070
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3670
1679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3341
3077
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1913
2070
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3670
1679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3341
3077
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870
PassMark - G3D Mark 935 1085
PassMark - G2D Mark 160 219
Geekbench - OpenCL 2673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.493 8.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 285.42 585.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.863 0.86
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 17.242 20.108
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 19.116 98.606
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1913 2070
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3670 1679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3341 3077
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1913 2070
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3670 1679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3341 3077

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK107 Broadway
Launch date 1 October 2012 7 January 2010
Place in performance rating 1213 1216
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

CUDA cores 384
Floating-point performance 544.5 gflops 1,120.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 800
Texture fill rate 22.7 billion / sec 28 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 32 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 1,040 million
Core clock speed 700 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size medium sized large

API support

DirectX 12 API 11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bus width 128bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type DDR3\GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0
Memory bandwidth 64.0 GB / s

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus
HDMI 1.3a