GeForce GTX 745 OEM vs Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking660not rated
Place by popularity39not in top-100
Power efficiency20.60no data
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code nameVega Raven RidgeGM107
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date26 October 2017 (7 years ago)18 February 2014 (10 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 cores512384
Core clock speed300 MHz1033 MHz
Boost clock speed1200 MHzno data
Number of transistors9,800 million1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt55 Watt
Texture fill rate57.6024.79
Floating-point processing power1.843 TFLOPS0.7933 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs3224

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data145 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeSystem SharedDDR3
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared4 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared900 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data28.8 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.11.2
Vulkan1.21.1.126
CUDA-5.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 October 2017 18 February 2014
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 55 Watt

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 266.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) and GeForce GTX 745 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 745 OEM is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 OEM
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