NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
7.3x more texture fill rate: 76.86 GTexel / s vs 10.6 billion / sec
7.1x more pipelines: 1024 vs 144
7.2x better floating-point performance: 2,460 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
5.6x more memory clock speed: 7012 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Launch date	26 November 2015 vs 3 September 2010
Texture fill rate	76.86 GTexel / s vs 10.6 billion / sec
Pipelines	1024 vs 144
Floating-point performance	2,460 gflops vs 339.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 3 GB
Memory clock speed	7012 MHz vs 1250 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

Core clock speed	1180 MHz vs 1176 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	76.687
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	890.785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	28.659
PassMark - G3D Mark		811
PassMark - G2D Mark		203
Geekbench - OpenCL		12379
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3274
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3274
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3350

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Fermi
Code name	GM206	GF106
Launch date	26 November 2015	3 September 2010
Place in performance rating	960	867
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1201 MHz
Core clock speed	1176 MHz	1180 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,460 gflops	339.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1024	144
Texture fill rate	76.86 GTexel / s	10.6 billion / sec
Transistor count	2,940 million	1,170 million
CUDA cores		144
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		35 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12 API
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.2 GB / s	60.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	7012 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI