NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 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 950M

NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
4.2x more texture fill rate: 44.96 GTexel / s vs 10.6 billion / sec
4.4x more pipelines: 640 vs 144
4.2x better floating-point performance: 1,439 gflops vs 339.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
2x more memory clock speed: 1000 or 2500 MHz vs 1250 MHz
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2586 vs 811
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 216 vs 203
Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 3274
Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 3274

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 3 September 2010
Texture fill rate	44.96 GTexel / s vs 10.6 billion / sec
Pipelines	640 vs 144
Floating-point performance	1,439 gflops vs 339.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 3 GB
Memory clock speed	1000 or 2500 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2586 vs 811
PassMark - G2D Mark	216 vs 203
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715 vs 3274
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715 vs 3274
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3350

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1180 MHz vs 914 MHz
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 30% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12379 vs 9543

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1180 MHz vs 914 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	12379 vs 9543

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2586

811

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

216

203

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

9543

12379

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

3274

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3350

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

3274

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3350

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M
PassMark - G3D Mark	2586	811
PassMark - G2D Mark	216	203
Geekbench - OpenCL	9543	12379
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	42.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	373.644
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.54
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	39.412
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	139.158
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715	3274
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715	3274
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3350

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Fermi
Code name	GM107	GF106
Launch date	13 March 2015	3 September 2010
Place in performance rating	864	867
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	914 MHz	1180 MHz
CUDA cores	640	144
Floating-point performance	1,439 gflops	339.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	640	144
Texture fill rate	44.96 GTexel / s	10.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	1,170 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	1
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support	1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized	large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12 API
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	32 or 80 GB / s	60.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 or 2500 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory type	DDR3 or GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
3D Vision
DirectCompute
DirectX 11		DirectX 11