NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M 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 860M

NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
4.1x more texture fill rate: 43.4 GTexel / s vs 10.6 billion / sec
4.4x more pipelines: 640 vs 144
4.1x better floating-point performance: 1,389 gflops vs 339.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3057 vs 811
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 226 vs 203
Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 3274
Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 3274

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 March 2014 vs 3 September 2010
Texture fill rate	43.4 GTexel / s vs 10.6 billion / sec
Pipelines	640 vs 144
Floating-point performance	1,389 gflops vs 339.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3057 vs 811
PassMark - G2D Mark	226 vs 203
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3684 vs 3274
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3684 vs 3274

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

Around 48% higher core clock speed: 1180 MHz vs 797 MHz
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
Around 19% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12379 vs 10435

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1180 MHz vs 797 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	12379 vs 10435
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350 vs 3340

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3057

811

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

226

203

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

10435

12379

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3684

3274

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

3350

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3684

3274

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

3350

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M
PassMark - G3D Mark	3057	811
PassMark - G2D Mark	226	203
Geekbench - OpenCL	10435	12379
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	22.828
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	210.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.427
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	28.662
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	162.83
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3684	3274
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4938
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3684	3274
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340	3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1151

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Fermi
Code name	GK104	GF106
Launch date	10 March 2014	3 September 2010
Place in performance rating	877	879
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	915 MHz
Core clock speed	797 MHz	1180 MHz
CUDA cores	1152 or 640	144
Floating-point performance	1,389 gflops	339.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	640	144
Texture fill rate	43.4 GTexel / s	10.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	1,170 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 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12 API
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	80.0 GB / s	60.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Standard memory configuration	GDDR5
Memory clock speed		1250 MHz
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA
3D Vision
DirectCompute
DirectX 11		DirectX 11