NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
VS
AMD Radeon RX 460 Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
VS
AMD Radeon RX 460 Mobile

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M and AMD Radeon RX 460 Mobile. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

300
Place in performance rating
315
no data
Value for money (0-100)
16.17
Maxwell
Architecture
Polaris
GM206
Code name
Baffin
Laptop
Type
Laptop
5 January 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
8 August 2016 (5 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$86
$1546
Price now
$95 (1.1x MSRP)
1.32
Value for money
1.01
N16E-GS, N16E-GR
GPU code name
Polaris 11 / Baffin XT
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M and AMD Radeon RX 460 Mobile based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1024
Pipelines
896
944 MHz
Core clock speed
no data
1150 MHz
Boost Clock
1180 MHz
2,940 million
Transistor count
3,000 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
no data
Power consumption (TDP)
55 Watt
73.60
Texture fill rate
66.08
2,355 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,115 gflops
1024
CUDA cores
no data
1024
Pipelines / CUDA cores
896
950 / 1151 MHz
Boost clock speed
1180 MHz
2,940 million
Number of transistors
3,000 million
no data
Thermal design power (TDP)
55 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M and AMD Radeon RX 460 Mobile.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
None
Supplementary power connectors
no data
large
Laptop size
large
+
SLI options
no data
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M and AMD Radeon RX 460 Mobile can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
2500 MHz
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
80 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
80 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M and AMD Radeon RX 460 Mobile, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs
+
G-SYNC support
no data
+
HDMI
no data
+
VGA аnalog display support
no data
+
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M and AMD Radeon RX 460 Mobile is the additional functionality.

2.0
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
GeForce Experience
no data
+
Optimus
no data
+
Ansel
no data
+
GameStream
no data
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
no data
+
GameWorks
no data
no data
FreeSync
+
+
BatteryBoost
no data
+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
no data
no data
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
+
+
DSR
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M and AMD Radeon RX 460 Mobile. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
1.1
Vulkan
1.2.131
6.4
Shader Model
6.4
1.1
OpenCL
2.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M and AMD Radeon RX 460 Mobile graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M or AMD Radeon RX 460 Mobile good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
AMD Radeon RX 460 Mobile
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
AMD Radeon RX 460 Mobile
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M 96.5 45.9 34.1 23.2 17.5 8.99
AMD Radeon RX 460 Mobile
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M 126.6 64.6 34.2 25.3 16.1
AMD Radeon RX 460 Mobile
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
AMD Radeon RX 460 Mobile
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M

More pipelines (1024 vs 896)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 460 Mobile

0.28% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($95 (1.1x MSRP) vs $1546)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M or AMD Radeon RX 460 Mobile?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 460 Mobile .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M versus AMD Radeon RX 460 Mobile performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon RX 460 Mobile