GeForce 705A vs GT 545

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking782not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.33no data
Power efficiency2.95no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGF116GF119
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date14 May 2011 (13 years ago)1 October 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores14448
Core clock speed720 MHz738 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)70 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate17.285.904
Floating-point processing power0.4147 TFLOPS0.1417 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs248

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB1 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth38.4 GB/s14.4 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGANo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.12.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 May 2011 1 October 2013
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 1 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 70 Watt 15 Watt

GT 545 has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GeForce 705A, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 366.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 545 and GeForce 705A. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 545 is a desktop card while GeForce 705A is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 545
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