NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM vs AMD FirePro M5950

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM and AMD FirePro M5950 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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 GTX 745 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 42% higher core clock speed: 1033 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • Around 42% higher texture fill rate: 24.79 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
  • Around 14% better floating-point performance: 793.3 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2138 vs 1314
  • 5.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6117 vs 1135
  • 20.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 24.117 vs 1.199
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 335.835 vs 323.699
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.651 vs 0.535
  • Around 68% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 27.096 vs 16.137
  • Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 97.126 vs 66.638
  • Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2918 vs 1528
  • Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2918 vs 1528
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 February 2014 vs 4 January 2011
Core clock speed 1033 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate 24.79 GTexel / s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 793.3 gflops vs 696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2138 vs 1314
Geekbench - OpenCL 6117 vs 1135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 24.117 vs 1.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 335.835 vs 323.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.651 vs 0.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.096 vs 16.137
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 97.126 vs 66.638
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2918 vs 1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2918 vs 1528

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M5950

  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 480 vs 384
  • Around 57% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 55 Watt
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 574 vs 471
  • Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2590 vs 1813
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3354 vs 3309
  • Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2590 vs 1813
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3354 vs 3309
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 480 vs 384
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 55 Watt
Memory clock speed 3600 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 574 vs 471
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2590 vs 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 vs 3309
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2590 vs 1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 vs 3309

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM
GPU 2: AMD FirePro M5950

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2138
1314
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
471
574
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6117
1135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24.117
1.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
335.835
323.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.651
0.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27.096
16.137
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
97.126
66.638
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2918
1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1813
2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3309
3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2918
1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1813
2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3309
3354
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM AMD FirePro M5950
PassMark - G3D Mark 2138 1314
PassMark - G2D Mark 471 574
Geekbench - OpenCL 6117 1135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 24.117 1.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 335.835 323.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.651 0.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.096 16.137
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 97.126 66.638
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2918 1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1813 2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3309 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2918 1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1813 2590
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3309 3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 655

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM AMD FirePro M5950

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell TeraScale 2
Code name GM107 Whistler
Launch date 18 February 2014 4 January 2011
Place in performance rating 1004 1007
Type Desktop Mobile workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 1033 MHz 725 MHz
Floating-point performance 793.3 gflops 696.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 480
Texture fill rate 24.79 GTexel / s 17.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 1,870 million 716 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None
Bus support n / a
Form factor MXM-A
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s 57 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Shared memory 0