AMD Radeon Pro 555 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 555 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 555

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 5100 MHz vs 2500 MHz
  • Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 659 vs 340
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 June 2017 vs 9 January 2015
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed 5100 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 659 vs 340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 vs 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 vs 3337

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M

  • Around 11% higher core clock speed: 944 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • Around 80% higher texture fill rate: 73.6 GTexel / s vs 40.8 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 768
  • Around 80% better floating-point performance: 2,355 gflops vs 1,306 gflops
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3775 vs 3141
  • Around 29% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14701 vs 11389
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 67.59 vs 31.301
  • Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 720.592 vs 572.795
  • Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.903 vs 2.83
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 57.947 vs 26.388
  • Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 223.296 vs 162.706
  • Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5783 vs 4042
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2566 vs 2221
  • Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5783 vs 4042
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2566 vs 2221
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 944 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate 73.6 GTexel / s vs 40.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1024 vs 768
Floating-point performance 2,355 gflops vs 1,306 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3775 vs 3141
Geekbench - OpenCL 14701 vs 11389
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 67.59 vs 31.301
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 720.592 vs 572.795
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.903 vs 2.83
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 57.947 vs 26.388
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 223.296 vs 162.706
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5783 vs 4042
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2566 vs 2221
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5783 vs 4042
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2566 vs 2221

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 555
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3141
3775
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
659
340
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
11389
14701
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
31.301
67.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
572.795
720.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.83
3.903
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26.388
57.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
162.706
223.296
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4042
5783
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2221
2566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3349
3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4042
5783
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2221
2566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3349
3337
Name AMD Radeon Pro 555 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
PassMark - G3D Mark 3141 3775
PassMark - G2D Mark 659 340
Geekbench - OpenCL 11389 14701
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 31.301 67.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 572.795 720.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.83 3.903
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 26.388 57.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 162.706 223.296
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4042 5783
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2221 2566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3349 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4042 5783
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2221 2566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3349 3337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1831

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro 555 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Maxwell 2.0
Code name Polaris 21 GM204
Launch date 5 June 2017 9 January 2015
Place in performance rating 712 703
Type Mobile workstation Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 850 MHz 944 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,306 gflops 2,355 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 1024
Texture fill rate 40.8 GTexel / s 73.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 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 81.6 GB / s 80 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5100 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