AMD Radeon R9 M385 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M385 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M385

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 950 MHz
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3002 vs 2566
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3002 vs 2566
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 May 2015 vs 9 January 2015
Boost clock speed 1100 MHz vs 950 MHz
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3002 vs 2566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3002 vs 2566

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M

  • Around 5% higher core clock speed: 944 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 31% higher texture fill rate: 73.6 GTexel / s vs 56 GTexel / s
  • Around 31% better floating-point performance: 2,355 gflops vs 1,792 gflops
  • Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 1500 MHz
  • Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 335 vs 244
  • Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3792 vs 2061
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 944 MHz vs 900 MHz
Texture fill rate 73.6 GTexel / s vs 56 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 2,355 gflops vs 1,792 gflops
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3337 vs 3322
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3337 vs 3322
PassMark - G2D Mark 335 vs 244
PassMark - G3D Mark 3792 vs 2061

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M385
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3002
2566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3002
2566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3322
3337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3322
3337
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
244
335
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2061
3792
Name AMD Radeon R9 M385 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3002 2566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3002 2566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3322 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3322 3337
PassMark - G2D Mark 244 335
PassMark - G3D Mark 2061 3792
Geekbench - OpenCL 14345
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 67.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 720.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.903
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 57.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 223.296
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5783
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5783
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1831

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R9 M385 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Maxwell 2.0
Code name Strato GM204
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch date 5 May 2015 9 January 2015
Place in performance rating 729 731
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz 950 MHz
Core clock speed 900 MHz 944 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,792 gflops 2,355 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 56 GTexel / s 73.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count 2,080 million 5,200 million
CUDA cores 1024
Pipelines 1024
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCI Express 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size medium sized large
SLI options 1
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_1)
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed 1.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB / s 80 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz 2500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DirectCompute 5.0
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
TrueAudio
ZeroCore
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI