NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 10% higher core clock speed: 924 MHz vs 837 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 60.8 GTexel / s vs 26.78 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 1024 vs 384
3x better floating-point performance: 1,946 gflops vs 642.8 gflops
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1800 MHz
4.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 56.869 vs 12.446
3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 917.535 vs 278.161
3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.351 vs 0.883
2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 37.323 vs 14.778
3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 86.304 vs 25.74

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 January 2016 vs 26 August 2013
Core clock speed	924 MHz vs 837 MHz
Texture fill rate	60.8 GTexel / s vs 26.78 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,946 gflops vs 642.8 gflops
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	56.869 vs 12.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	917.535 vs 278.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.351 vs 0.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	37.323 vs 14.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	86.304 vs 25.74

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

56.869

12.446

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

917.535

278.161

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.351

0.883

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

37.323

14.778

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

86.304

25.74

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	56.869	12.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	917.535	278.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.351	0.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	37.323	14.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	86.304	25.74
PassMark - G3D Mark		1228
PassMark - G2D Mark		322
Geekbench - OpenCL		19809

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Kepler
Code name	GM206	GK107
Launch date	1 January 2016	26 August 2013
Place in performance rating	1174	1176
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz
Core clock speed	924 MHz	837 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,946 gflops	642.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	384
Texture fill rate	60.8 GTexel / s	26.78 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,940 million	1,270 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		33 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	80.19 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3