945M vs 8800 GTX

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Combined performance score

8800 GTX
1.52

945M outperforms 8800 GTX by 258% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking926571
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.022.56
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code nameG80GM107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date8 November 2006 (17 years old)12 March 2015 (9 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 no data
Current price$357 (0.6x MSRP)$163
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GeForce 945M has 12700% better value for money than 8800 GTX.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores128512
CUDA cores575no data
Core clock speed576 MHz928 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1045 MHz
Number of transistors681 million1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)155 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate36.8 billion/sec40.80
Floating-point performance345.6 gflops953.9 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce 8800 GTX and GeForce 945M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
Bus supportno dataPCI Express 3.0
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Length270 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone
SLI options+no data

Memory

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 amount768 MB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth86.4 GB/s28.8 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boostno data2.0
Optimusno data+
GameWorksno data+

API support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL3.34.5
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA++

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

8800 GTX 1.52
GeForce 945M 5.44
+258%

945M outperforms 8800 GTX by 258% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

8800 GTX 590
GeForce 945M 2107
+257%

945M outperforms 8800 GTX by 257% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD7−8
−286%
27
+286%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.52 5.44
Recency 8 November 2006 12 March 2015
Maximum RAM amount 768 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 155 Watt 75 Watt

The GeForce 945M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8800 GTX in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 8800 GTX is a desktop card while GeForce 945M is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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