NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM vs AMD Radeon R9 M275

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM and AMD Radeon R9 M275 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM

AMD Radeon R9 M275

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 1033 MHz vs 900 MHz
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2139 vs 1115
Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 335.835 vs 313.463
Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1813 vs 1162
Around 93% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3309 vs 1717
Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1813 vs 1162
Around 93% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3309 vs 1717

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1033 MHz vs 900 MHz
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2139 vs 1115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	335.835 vs 313.463
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1813 vs 1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3309 vs 1717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1813 vs 1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3309 vs 1717

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M275

Around 49% higher texture fill rate: 37 GTexel / s vs 24.79 GTexel / s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
Around 49% better floating-point performance: 1,184 gflops vs 793.3 gflops
2.2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 569 vs 472
Around 51% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9231 vs 6117
Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 28.064 vs 24.117
Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.206 vs 1.651
Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 34.381 vs 27.096
Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 121.685 vs 97.126

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	37 GTexel / s vs 24.79 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,184 gflops vs 793.3 gflops
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	569 vs 472
Geekbench - OpenCL	9231 vs 6117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	28.064 vs 24.117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.206 vs 1.651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	34.381 vs 27.096
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	121.685 vs 97.126

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M275

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2139

1115

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

472

569

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6117

9231

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

24.117

28.064

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

335.835

313.463

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.651

2.206

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

27.096

34.381

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

97.126

121.685

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1813

1162

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3309

1717

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1813

1162

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3309

1717

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM	AMD Radeon R9 M275
PassMark - G3D Mark	2139	1115
PassMark - G2D Mark	472	569
Geekbench - OpenCL	6117	9231
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	24.117	28.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	335.835	313.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.651	2.206
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.096	34.381
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	97.126	121.685
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2918
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1813	1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3309	1717
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2918
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1813	1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3309	1717
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	655

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM	AMD Radeon R9 M275
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM107	Venus
Launch date	18 February 2014	28 January 2014
Place in performance rating	1004	1005
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Launch price (MSRP)		$799.99
Price now		$699.99
Value for money (0-100)		3.01
Technical info
Core clock speed	1033 MHz	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	793.3 gflops	1,184 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	640
Texture fill rate	24.79 GTexel / s	37 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	1,500 million
Boost clock speed		925 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory		0