GeForce 945M and GeForce 8600M GS - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 945M vs GeForce 8600M GS
GeForce 945M
2171
GeForce 8600M GS
72
GeForce 945M
GeForce 8600M GS
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
G8x (2007−2008)
GPU code name
GM107
G84M
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
March 2015
June 2007
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
MXM-II
Supplementary power connectors
None
-
Boost clock speed
1045 MHz
-
Core clock speed
928 MHz
600 MHz
Floating-point performance
953.9 gflops
28.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
1,870 million
210 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
16
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
20 Watt
Texture fill rate
40.80
3.600
Memory type
DDR3
GDDR3, GDDR2
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
2000 MHz
700 MHz
Memory bandwidth
28.8 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 (11_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
1.1
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
3.3
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
GameWorks
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
Optimus
+
-