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NVIDIA GeForce GT 545

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 is a graphics card released on May 14, 2011, built on the Fermi architecture. It has 144 shading units, 38.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 720 MHz and a 70 W board power rating. It scores 1,126 in the PassMark G3D benchmark.

Fermi

8/10 key specs recorded · 18 facts

Depth: 25 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 8 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

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Shading units

144cores

Memory

n/a

DDR3 · 192-bit

Boost clock

n/a

720 MHz base

Board power

70 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 scores 1,126 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 56.8% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,325), measured across 374 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 331.

PassMark G3D Mark

1,126

Rank #1,325
Faster than 56.8% of 2,658 GPUs
374 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 29 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 44.8% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 3 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 26.9% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 10 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 31.2% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 4 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 8.5% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 455 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 24.5% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 averages DirectX 9 29 fps, DirectX 10 3 fps, DirectX 11 10 fps, DirectX 12 4 fps and GPU Compute 455 ops/s, across 374 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

First benchmarked 2012-08-22

Samples 374

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

Graphics processor

Architecture Fermi

Codename Not recorded

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors 1,170 M

Die size 238 mm²

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 is based on the Fermi architecture, contains 1,170 million transistors and has a die size of 238 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units 144

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 24

Render output units (ROPs) 16

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 has 144 shading units, 24 texture mapping units and 16 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce GT 545. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 545.

Clock speeds

Base clock 720 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 runs at a base clock of 720 MHz.

Memory

Size Not recorded

Type DDR3

Bus width 192-bit

Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 uses a 192-bit memory bus and delivers 38.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 has a board power rating of 70 W.

Board power (TDP) 70 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface Not recorded

Market

Launched May 14, 2011

Launch price $149

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce GT 500 Series

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 was released on May 14, 2011 and launched at a price of $149.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 1,126

PassMark G2D 331

Rank #1,325

Samples 374

Frequently asked questions

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 has a board power rating of 70 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 545?

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 scores 1,126 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 56.8% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,325. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 4 fps.

When was the NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 released and how much did it cost at launch?

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 was released on May 14, 2011 and launched at a price of $149.

Corrections to this record

After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.

1 filled value

Architecture: Fermi (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chips GF116 | GF116 all -> Fermi. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units; Wikipedia: List of Nvidia desktop graphics processing units.

The audit log is public: all changes for this GPU, the corrections overview and the method.

Similar performance

AMD

AMD Radeon HD 8650G plus 7700M Dual

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AMD Radeon HD 7560D plus 6670 Dual

1,131

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AMD Radeon HD 7660D plus 7500 Dual

1,121

AMD

AMD Radeon HD 4850 X2

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