GeForce GTX 745 OEM vs 6800 GS

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1235not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code nameNV41GM107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date7 November 2005 (19 years ago)18 February 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$249 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data384
Core clock speed425 MHz1033 MHz
Number of transistors190 million1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data55 Watt
Texture fill rate5.10024.79
Floating-point processing powerno data0.7933 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs1224

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data145 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth32 GB/s28.8 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (11_0)
Shader Model3.05.1
OpenGL2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)4.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA-5.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 November 2005 18 February 2014
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 28 nm

GTX 745 OEM has an age advantage of 8 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 6800 GS and GeForce GTX 745 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.


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