NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M 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 GTX 560

NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
4.3x more texture fill rate: 45.4 GTexel / s vs 10.6 billion / sec
2.3x more pipelines: 336 vs 144
3.2x better floating-point performance: 1,088.6 gflops vs 339.8 gflops
3.2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1250 MHz
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2756 vs 811
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 433 vs 203
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3667 vs 3274
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3667 vs 3274

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 May 2011 vs 3 September 2010
Texture fill rate	45.4 GTexel / s vs 10.6 billion / sec
Pipelines	336 vs 144
Floating-point performance	1,088.6 gflops vs 339.8 gflops
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2756 vs 811
PassMark - G2D Mark	433 vs 203
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3667 vs 3274
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3667 vs 3274

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

Around 46% higher core clock speed: 1180 MHz vs 810 MHz
4.3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 150 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 1 GB
Around 48% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12379 vs 8351
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 3332
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 3332

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1180 MHz vs 810 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	12379 vs 8351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350 vs 3332
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350 vs 3332

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2756

811

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

433

203

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8351

12379

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3667

3274

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3332

3350

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3667

3274

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3332

3350

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560	NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M
PassMark - G3D Mark	2756	811
PassMark - G2D Mark	433	203
Geekbench - OpenCL	8351	12379
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	25.82
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	623.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.201
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	62.233
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3667	3274
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3332	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3667	3274
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3332	3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560	NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Fermi
Code name	GF114	GF106
Launch date	17 May 2011	3 September 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	879	880
Price now	$353.59
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	10.61
Technical info
Core clock speed	810 MHz	1180 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,088.6 gflops	339.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	99 °C
Pipelines	336	144
Texture fill rate	45.4 GTexel / s	10.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	1,170 million
CUDA cores		144
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	8.25" (21 cm)
SLI options	2-Way
Supplementary power connectors	Two 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12 API
OpenGL	4.1	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB / s	60.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI
DirectCompute
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
Optimus