NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 384 vs 240
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 6.2x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 204 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 45% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1242 MHz
  • 4.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 322 vs 76
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 26 August 2013 vs 23 December 2008
Pipelines 384 vs 240
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 204 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1242 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 322 vs 76

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

  • Around 76% higher core clock speed: 1476 MHz vs 837 MHz
  • Around 93% higher texture fill rate: 51.8 billion / sec vs 26.78 GTexel / s
  • Around 10% better floating-point performance: 708.5 gflops vs 642.8 gflops
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1515 vs 1228
  • Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 22124 vs 19809
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1476 MHz vs 837 MHz
Texture fill rate 51.8 billion / sec vs 26.78 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 708.5 gflops vs 642.8 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1515 vs 1228
Geekbench - OpenCL 22124 vs 19809

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1228
1515
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
322
76
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
19809
22124
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
PassMark - G3D Mark 1228 1515
PassMark - G2D Mark 322 76
Geekbench - OpenCL 19809 22124
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 278.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 14.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 25.74
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3347
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3347

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Tesla 2.0
Code name GK107 GT200B
Launch date 26 August 2013 23 December 2008
Place in performance rating 1177 1195
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $359
Price now $179.99
Value for money (0-100) 9.17

Technical info

Core clock speed 837 MHz 1476 MHz
Floating-point performance 642.8 gflops 708.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 384 240
Texture fill rate 26.78 GTexel / s 51.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 204 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 1,400 million
CUDA cores 240
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options 2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s 159.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1242 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR) 128bit
SLI