NVIDIA started GeForce 845M sales 26 August 2015. This is a Maxwell architecture notebook card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 2 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.25 GHz are supplied, and together with 64 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 40.1 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via PCIe 3.0 x8 interface. Power consumption is at 45 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce 845M: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	696
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Power efficiency	8.21	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code name	GM108
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	26 August 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

GeForce 845M's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce 845M's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed	1071 MHz	of 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Boost clock speed	1176 MHz	of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	1,870 million	of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	37.63	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power	0.9032 TFLOPS	of 109.7 (GeForce RTX 5090)
ROPs	16	of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs	32	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce 845M and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce 845M: 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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	64 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1253 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	40.1 GB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce 845M. 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

Supported technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce 845M. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus

API compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce 845M, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126
CUDA	+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce 845M. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 845M 3.95

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

GeForce 845M 1524

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.

GeForce 845M 2973

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.

GeForce 845M 2362

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.

GeForce 845M 13754

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.

GeForce 845M 6112

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce 845M 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:

Full HD

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4
Battlefield 5	9−10
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8
Far Cry 5	8−9
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12
Forza Horizon 4	21−24
Hitman 3	9−10
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30
Metro Exodus	7−8
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4
Battlefield 5	9−10
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8
Far Cry 5	8−9
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12
Forza Horizon 4	21−24
Hitman 3	9−10
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30
Metro Exodus	7−8
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8
Far Cry 5	8−9
Forza Horizon 4	21−24
Hitman 3	9−10
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3
Far Cry 5	4−5
Forza Horizon 4	4−5
Hitman 3	8−9
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4
Watch Dogs: Legion	24−27

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3
Hitman 3	0−1
Metro Exodus	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3
Forza Horizon 4	2−3
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2