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.

 

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 2138
PassMark - G2D Mark 471
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 1002 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