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    GeForce GTX 960M vs GeForce GTX 745 OEM

    GeForce GTX 960M
    Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5MOBILE
    Release date: 13 Mar 2015
    GeForce GTX 960M
    GeForce GTX 745 OEM
    Memory: 4096Mb DDR3DESKTOP
    Release date: 18 Feb 2014
    GeForce GTX 745 OEM

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GTX 960M
      169%
    • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 960M

    This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
    Around 69% higher average synthetic performance.
    Supports PhysX
    Supports G-Sync
    Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

    Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 745 OEM

    Supports PhysX
    Supports G-Sync
    Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    GeForce GTX 960M

    HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 960M

    The GeForce GTX 960M is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GTX 960MGeForce GTX 745 OEM
    GPU NameGM107 (N16P-GX-A1)vsGM107 (GM107-300-A2)
    Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size148 mm²vs148 mm²
    Transistors1,870 millionvs1,870 million
    Shaders640vs384
    Compute Units5vs3
    Core clock1097 MHzvs1033 MHz
    ROPs16vs16
    TMUs40vs24

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GTX 960MGeForce GTX 745 OEM
    Memory TypeGDDR5vsDDR3
    Bus Width128 bitvs128 bit
    Memory Speed1253 MHz
    5012 MHz effective    		vs900 MHz
    1800 MHz effective
    Memory Size2048 Mbvs4096 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GTX 960MGeForce GTX 745 OEM
    TDP75 wattsvs55 watts
    Release Date13 Mar 2015vs18 Feb 2014

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 960M
      17.55 GP/s
    • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
      16.50 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GTX 960M
      43.90 GT/s
    • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
      24.80 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GTX 960M
      80.20 GB/s
    • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
      28.80 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GTX 960M
      1404.20 GFLOPs
    • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
      793.30 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GTX 960M
      5320
    • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
      3140

    Points (higher is better)

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