AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop) 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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).

AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 24% higher core clock speed: 1175 MHz vs 944 MHz
Around 34% higher boost clock speed: 1275 MHz vs 950 MHz
1108.7x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 73.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Around 42% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 20572 vs 14467
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 383 vs 345

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 9 January 2015
Core clock speed	1175 MHz vs 944 MHz
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz vs 950 MHz
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s vs 73.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	20572 vs 14467
PassMark - G2D Mark	383 vs 345

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M

905.8x better floating-point performance: 2,355 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3821 vs 3168

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	2,355 gflops vs 2.6 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1831 vs 1826
PassMark - G3D Mark	3821 vs 3168

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1826

1831

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

20572

14467

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

383

345

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3168

3821

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1826	1831
Geekbench - OpenCL	20572	14467
PassMark - G2D Mark	383	345
PassMark - G3D Mark	3168	3821
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 - Manhattan (Frames)		2566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		5783
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3337

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Baffin	GM204
Design	Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	9 January 2015
Place in performance rating	486	666
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1275 MHz	950 MHz
Compute units	14/16
Core clock speed	1175 MHz	944 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.6 TFLOPs	2,355 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	1024
Pixel fill rate	20.40 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	896/1024
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s	73.6 GTexel / s
Texture Units	64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	5,200 million
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	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-B (3.0)
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		large
SLI options		1
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	80 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	2500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI