NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 45% higher core clock speed: 837 MHz vs 576 MHz
  • 3x more pipelines: 384 vs 128
  • Around 86% better floating-point performance: 642.8 gflops vs 345.6 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
  • 3.4x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 155 Watt
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 768 MB
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1100 vs 579
  • Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 180 vs 92
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 April 2013 vs 8 November 2006
Core clock speed 837 MHz vs 576 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 128
Floating-point performance 642.8 gflops vs 345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 155 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 768 MB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1100 vs 579
PassMark - G2D Mark 180 vs 92
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352 vs 3349

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

  • Around 37% higher texture fill rate: 36.8 billion / sec vs 26.78 GTexel / s
Texture fill rate 36.8 billion / sec vs 26.78 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1100
579
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
180
92
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3352
3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3352
3349
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark 1100 579
PassMark - G2D Mark 180 92
Geekbench - OpenCL 3468
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.489
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 202.905
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.66
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 8.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 19.323
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2255
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3133
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2255
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3133
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352 3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Tesla
Code name GK107 G80
Launch date 1 April 2013 8 November 2006
Place in performance rating 1280 1283
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $599

Technical info

Core clock speed 837 MHz 576 MHz
Floating-point performance 642.8 gflops 345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 384 128
Texture fill rate 26.78 GTexel / s 36.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 155 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million 681 million
CUDA cores 575

Video outputs and ports

7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Length 270 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12 API 10.0
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 768 MB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s 86.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 900 MHz
Memory type DDR3, GDDR5 GDDR3
Shared memory 0
Standard memory configuration DDR3 / GDDR5

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI