NVIDIA started GeForce GT 745M sales 1 April 2013. This is a Kepler architecture notebook card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 2 GB of DDR3, GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.8 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 64 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Power consumption is at 45 Watt.

General info

Some basic facts about GeForce GT 745M: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	752
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Value for money	0.47
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	N14P-LP/GS
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	1 April 2013 (11 years old)
Current price	$55	of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

GeForce GT 745M's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GT 745M's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed	837 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Number of transistors	1,270 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	of 4 (Radeon 780M)
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	17.57	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)
Floating-point performance	642.8 gflops	of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 745M's 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
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GT 745M: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Standard memory configuration	DDR3/GDDR5
Memory bus width	128 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)
Shared memory	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GT 745M. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

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

Technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce GT 745M. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu-Ray 3D Support	+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	+
Optimus	+
3D Vision / 3DTV Play	+

API support

APIs supported by GeForce GT 745M, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 API
Shader Model	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCL	1.1
Vulkan	1.1.126
CUDA	+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GT 745M. 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.

GT 745M 2.82

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%

GT 745M 1093

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%

GT 745M 9045

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%

GT 745M 2249

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%

GT 745M 1531

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%

GT 745M 10147

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%

GT 745M 3333

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

GT 745M 3644

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GT 745M 2836

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce GT 745M is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

900p	33
Full HD	30

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5
Battlefield 5	6−7
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7
Far Cry 5	4−5
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5
Forza Horizon 4	7−8
Hitman 3	5−6
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5
Battlefield 5	6−7
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7
Far Cry 5	4−5
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5
Forza Horizon 4	7−8
Hitman 3	5−6
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5
Metro Exodus	4−5
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5
Battlefield 5	6−7
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7
Far Cry 5	4−5
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5
Forza Horizon 4	7−8
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6
Hitman 3	6−7
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11
Metro Exodus	1−2
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3
Far Cry 5	4−5
Forza Horizon 4	1−2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3
Hitman 3	3−4
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1
Far Cry 5	4−5
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7

Relative performance

Overall GeForce GT 745M performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook video cards.

Radeon R6 M340DX 101.77

Radeon 610M 101.42

Radeon R7 M465 100.35

GeForce GT 745M 100

Radeon R7 M460 99.65

Radeon 625 99.29

GeForce 840M 99.29

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GT 745M is Radeon R7 M460, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 2 positions in our ranking.