NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

337
Place in performance rating
300
3.43
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Maxwell
Architecture
Maxwell
GM107
Code name
GM206
Laptop
Type
Laptop
12 March 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
5 January 2015 (6 years ago)
$799
Price now
$1546
2.15
Value for money
1.32
N16P-GX
GPU code name
N16E-GS, N16E-GR
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

640
Pipelines
1024
1096 MHz
Core clock speed
944 MHz
1176 MHz
Boost Clock
1150 MHz
1,870 million
Transistor count
2,940 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
75 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
47.04
Texture fill rate
73.60
1,505 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,355 gflops
640
CUDA cores
1024
640
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1024
1202 MHz
Boost clock speed
950 / 1151 MHz
1,870 million
Number of transistors
2,940 million
75 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M.

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

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 960M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M 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
2500 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 960M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M, the size and number of monitors.

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

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M is the additional functionality.

2.0
GPU Boost
2.0
+
CUDA
+
+
GeForce Experience
+
+
Optimus
+
+
Ansel
+
+
GameStream
+
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
+
GameWorks
+
+
BatteryBoost
+
+
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
+
Adaptive VSync
no data
+
DSR
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.5
OpenGL
4.5
1.1.126
Vulkan
1.1
5.1
Shader Model
6.4
1.2
OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M 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 960M or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M 96.5 45.9 34.1 23.2 17.5 8.99
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M 126.6 64.6 34.2 25.3 16.1
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
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 960M

Cheaper ($799 vs $1546)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M

1.45% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1024 vs 640)

G-SYNC support

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

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