GeForce GTX 970M vs GeForce GT 545
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 970M |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 GT 545 |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 970M
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 970M | | GeForce GT 545 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GM204 (N16E-GT-A2) | vs | GF116 (GF116-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 398 mm² | vs | 238 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,200 million | vs | 1,170 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | vs | 144 |
| Compute Units | 10 | vs | 3 |
| Core clock | 1038 MHz | vs | 720 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 24 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 970M | | GeForce GT 545 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1253 MHz
5012 MHz effective | vs | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 1536 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 970M | | GeForce GT 545 | |
|---|
| TDP | 0 watts | vs | 70 watts |
| Release Date | 7 Oct 2014 | vs | 14 May 2011 |
GeForce GTX 970M
49.80 GP/s
GeForce GT 545
4.32 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 970M
83.00 GT/s
GeForce GT 545
17.30 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 970M
120.30 GB/s
GeForce GT 545
38.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 970M
2657.30 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 545
414.70 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better