AMD Radeon Pro 455 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 455 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 455

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 5080 MHz vs 2500 MHz
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 705 vs 344
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 3337
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 3337
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 October 2016 vs 9 January 2015
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed 5080 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 705 vs 344
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3337

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M

  • Around 10% higher core clock speed: 944 MHz vs 855 MHz
  • Around 79% higher texture fill rate: 73.6 GTexel / s vs 41.04 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 768
  • Around 79% better floating-point performance: 2,355 gflops vs 1,313 gflops
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3812 vs 3113
  • Around 32% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14492 vs 11003
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 67.59 vs 33.484
  • Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 720.592 vs 573.646
  • Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.903 vs 2.854
  • Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 57.947 vs 44.793
  • Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 223.296 vs 148.673
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5783 vs 4146
  • Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2566 vs 1762
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5783 vs 4146
  • Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2566 vs 1762
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 944 MHz vs 855 MHz
Texture fill rate 73.6 GTexel / s vs 41.04 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1024 vs 768
Floating-point performance 2,355 gflops vs 1,313 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3812 vs 3113
Geekbench - OpenCL 14492 vs 11003
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 67.59 vs 33.484
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 720.592 vs 573.646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.903 vs 2.854
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 57.947 vs 44.793
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 223.296 vs 148.673
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5783 vs 4146
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2566 vs 1762
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5783 vs 4146
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2566 vs 1762

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 455
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3113
3812
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
705
344
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11003
14492
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
33.484
67.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
573.646
720.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.854
3.903
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
44.793
57.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
148.673
223.296
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4146
5783
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1762
2566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4146
5783
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1762
2566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3337
Name AMD Radeon Pro 455 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
PassMark - G3D Mark 3113 3812
PassMark - G2D Mark 705 344
Geekbench - OpenCL 11003 14492
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 33.484 67.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 573.646 720.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.854 3.903
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 44.793 57.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 148.673 223.296
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4146 5783
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1762 2566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4146 5783
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1762 2566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1831

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro 455 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Maxwell 2.0
Code name Baffin GM204
Launch date 30 October 2016 9 January 2015
Place in performance rating 683 684
Type Mobile workstation Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 855 MHz 944 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,313 gflops 2,355 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 1024
Texture fill rate 41.04 GTexel / s 73.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 million 5,200 million
Boost clock speed 950 MHz
CUDA cores 1024

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support 1
G-SYNC support
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support 1

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size large large
Supplementary power connectors None None
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
SLI options 1

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 81.28 GB / s 80 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5080 MHz 2500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
HDMI 2.0
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI