NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M 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 745M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 40% higher core clock speed: 837 MHz vs 600 MHz
4x more pipelines: 384 vs 96
2.2x better floating-point performance: 642.8 gflops vs 288 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 75 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1095 vs 417
4.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 180 vs 42
Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3133 vs 1963
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3352 vs 3259
Around 60% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3133 vs 1963
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3352 vs 3259

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 April 2013 vs 1 December 2009
Core clock speed	837 MHz vs 600 MHz
Pipelines	384 vs 96
Floating-point performance	642.8 gflops vs 288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1095 vs 417
PassMark - G2D Mark	180 vs 42
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3133 vs 1963
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352 vs 3259
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3133 vs 1963
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352 vs 3259

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 28.8 GTexel / s vs 26.78 GTexel / s
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Texture fill rate	28.8 GTexel / s vs 26.78 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1095

417

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

180

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3133

1963

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

3259

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3133

1963

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

3259

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1095	417
PassMark - G2D Mark	180	42
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	1963
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352	3259
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2255
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3133	1963
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352	3259
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla
Code name	GK107	G92
Launch date	1 April 2013	1 December 2009
Place in performance rating	1274	1277
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Price now		$49.95
Value for money (0-100)		22.55
Technical info
Core clock speed	837 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	642.8 gflops	288 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	384	96
Texture fill rate	26.78 GTexel / s	28.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,270 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
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	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size	medium sized	large
API support
DirectX	12 API	10.0
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	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
PowerMizer 8.0