NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 66% higher texture fill rate: 26.78 GTexel / s vs 16.1 billion / sec
2x more pipelines: 384 vs 192
Around 24% better floating-point performance: 642.8 gflops vs 518.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 52% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1536 MB
Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1238 vs 1214
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 305 vs 258
4.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19809 vs 4263
Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 12.446 vs 11.121

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 August 2013 vs 3 September 2010
Texture fill rate	26.78 GTexel / s vs 16.1 billion / sec
Pipelines	384 vs 192
Floating-point performance	642.8 gflops vs 518.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1536 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1238 vs 1214
PassMark - G2D Mark	305 vs 258
Geekbench - OpenCL	19809 vs 4263
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	12.446 vs 11.121

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M

Around 61% higher core clock speed: 1350 MHz vs 837 MHz
Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 391.548 vs 278.161
Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.105 vs 0.883
Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 18.548 vs 14.778
Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 32.965 vs 25.74

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1350 MHz vs 837 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	391.548 vs 278.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.105 vs 0.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	18.548 vs 14.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	32.965 vs 25.74

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1238

1214

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

305

258

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

19809

4263

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12.446

11.121

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

278.161

391.548

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

0.883

1.105

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

14.778

18.548

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

25.74

32.965

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1238	1214
PassMark - G2D Mark	305	258
Geekbench - OpenCL	19809	4263
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	12.446	11.121
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	278.161	391.548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.883	1.105
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	14.778	18.548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	25.74	32.965
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2837
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2837
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Fermi
Code name	GK107	GF106
Launch date	26 August 2013	3 September 2010
Place in performance rating	1221	1223
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	837 MHz	1350 MHz
Floating-point performance	642.8 gflops	518.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	192
Texture fill rate	26.78 GTexel / s	16.1 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	1,170 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size		large
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12 API with Feature Level 12.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1536 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	60.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI