GeForce GT 645 OEM vs Radeon HD 6610M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 987 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.91 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | Whistler | GF114 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 4 January 2011 (13 years ago) | 24 April 2012 (12 years ago) |
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 cores | 480 | 288 |
| Core clock speed | 450 MHz | 776 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 716 million | 1,950 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 26 Watt | 102 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 10.80 | 37.25 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.432 TFLOPS | 0.894 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 24 |
| TMUs | 24 | 48 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 210 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
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 type | DDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 957 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 91.87 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 Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 2.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 January 2011 | 24 April 2012 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 26 Watt | 102 Watt |
HD 6610M has 292.3% lower power consumption.
GT 645 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6610M and GeForce GT 645 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 6610M is a notebook card while GeForce GT 645 OEM is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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