NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 19% higher core clock speed: 924 MHz vs 776 MHz
  • 2.2x more texture fill rate: 83.04 GTexel / s vs 37.2 GTexel / s
  • 4.4x more pipelines: 1280 vs 288
  • 3x better floating-point performance: 2,657 gflops vs 894.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 26% lower typical power consumption: 81 Watt vs 102 Watt
  • 6x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 1 GB
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5709 vs 2006
  • Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 1914
  • Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 1914
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 October 2014 vs 24 April 2012
Core clock speed 924 MHz vs 776 MHz
Texture fill rate 83.04 GTexel / s vs 37.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 288
Floating-point performance 2,657 gflops vs 894.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 81 Watt vs 102 Watt
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5709 vs 2006
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3342 vs 1914
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3342 vs 1914

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM

  • Around 53% higher memory clock speed: 3828 MHz vs 2500 MHz
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 443 vs 385
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 3828 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 443 vs 385

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5709
2006
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
385
443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3342
1914
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3342
1914
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 5709 2006
PassMark - G2D Mark 385 443
Geekbench - OpenCL 19038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 59.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1113.788
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 39.101
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 81.909
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8546
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3342 1914
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8546
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3342 1914
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2286

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name GM204 GF114
Launch date 7 October 2014 24 April 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $2,560.89
Place in performance rating 557 559
Price now $1,899
Type Laptop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 3.99

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1038 MHz
Core clock speed 924 MHz 776 MHz
CUDA cores 1280
Floating-point performance 2,657 gflops 894.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 1280 288
Texture fill rate 83.04 GTexel / s 37.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 81 Watt 102 Watt
Transistor count 5,200 million 1,950 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support 1
G-SYNC support
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support 1

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
SLI options 1
Supplementary power connectors None
Length 210 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 120 GB / s 91.9 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 3828 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI