NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (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 960 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 14% higher core clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 1033 MHz
3.1x more texture fill rate: 76.86 GTexel / s vs 24.79 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 1024 vs 384
3.1x better floating-point performance: 2,460 gflops vs 793.3 gflops
3.9x more memory clock speed: 7012 MHz vs 1800 MHz
3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 76.687 vs 24.117
2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 890.785 vs 335.835
Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 28.659 vs 27.096

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 November 2015 vs 18 February 2014
Core clock speed	1176 MHz vs 1033 MHz
Texture fill rate	76.86 GTexel / s vs 24.79 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2,460 gflops vs 793.3 gflops
Memory clock speed	7012 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	76.687 vs 24.117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	890.785 vs 335.835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	28.659 vs 27.096

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

76.687

24.117

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

890.785

335.835

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

28.659

27.096

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	76.687	24.117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	890.785	335.835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	28.659	27.096
PassMark - G3D Mark		2139
PassMark - G2D Mark		472
Geekbench - OpenCL		6117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		97.126
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2918
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3309
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2918
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1813
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3309
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		655

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Maxwell
Code name	GM206	GM107
Launch date	26 November 2015	18 February 2014
Place in performance rating	1003	1004
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1201 MHz
Core clock speed	1176 MHz	1033 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,460 gflops	793.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	384
Texture fill rate	76.86 GTexel / s	24.79 GTexel / s
Transistor count	2,940 million	1,870 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		55 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		145 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.2 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7012 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3