GeForce GT 735M vs 945M

Place in performance ranking	575	903
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.72	0.10
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GM107	N14M-LP
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	12 March 2015 (9 years ago)	1 April 2013 (11 years ago)
Current price	$163	$310

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GeForce 945M has 2620% better value for money than GT 735M.

Detailed specifications

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 cores	512	384
Core clock speed	928 MHz	575 MHz
Boost clock speed	1045 MHz	889 MHz
Number of transistors	1,870 million	915 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	33 Watt
Texture fill rate	40.80	18.40
Floating-point performance	953.9 gflops	441.6 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce 945M and GeForce GT 735M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 size	medium sized	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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 type	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Standard memory configuration	no data	DDR3
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1800 - 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	14.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
eDP 1.2 signal support	no data	Up to 3840x2160
LVDS signal support	no data	Up to 1920x1200
VGA аnalog display support	no data	Up to 2048x1536
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	no data	Up to 3840x2160
HDMI	no data	+
HDCP content protection	no data	+
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI	no data	+
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming	no data	+

Supported technologies

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

Blu-Ray 3D Support	no data	+
GPU Boost	2.0	no data
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	no data	+
Optimus	+	+
GameWorks	+	no data
3D Vision / 3DTV Play	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 API
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.1.126
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.

GeForce 945M 5.46
+231%

GT 735M 1.65

945M outperforms GT 735M by 231% based on our aggregate 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%

GeForce 945M 2108
+230%

GT 735M 639

945M outperforms GT 735M by 230% in Passmark.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GeForce 945M 3310
+93.2%

GT 735M 1713

945M outperforms GT 735M by 93% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GeForce 945M 13507
+137%

GT 735M 5688

945M outperforms GT 735M by 137% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GeForce 945M 2850
+178%

GT 735M 1024

945M outperforms GT 735M by 178% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GeForce 945M 19405
+187%

GT 735M 6757

945M outperforms GT 735M by 187% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GeForce 945M 8099
+128%

GT 735M 3550

945M outperforms GT 735M by 128% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

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:

900p	55−60 +224%	17 −224%
Full HD	27 +22.7%	22 −22.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

9−10

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Battlefield 5	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10	no data
Far Cry 5	12−14	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16	no data
Forza Horizon 4	24−27	no data
Hitman 3	10−11	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30	no data
Metro Exodus	12−14 +300%	3−4 −300%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Battlefield 5	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10	no data
Far Cry 5	12−14	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16	no data
Forza Horizon 4	24−27	no data
Hitman 3	10−11	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30	no data
Metro Exodus	12−14 +300%	3−4 −300%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	17	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10	no data
Far Cry 5	12−14	no data
Forza Horizon 4	24−27	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3	no data
Far Cry 5	8−9	no data
Forza Horizon 4	9−10	no data
Hitman 3	10−11	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14	no data
Metro Exodus	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	0−1	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3	0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5	no data
Hitman 3	2−3	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	2−3	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4	no data
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6	no data
Metro Exodus	7−8	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1