NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 15% higher texture fill rate: 55.23 GTexel / s vs 48.2 billion / sec
3.2x more pipelines: 768 vs 240
2.1x better floating-point performance: 1,326 gflops vs 622.1 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 236 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 81% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1107 MHz
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1998 vs 1285
4.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 289 vs 59
Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3275 vs 2697
Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3275 vs 2697

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 May 2013 vs 16 June 2008
Texture fill rate	55.23 GTexel / s vs 48.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	768 vs 240
Floating-point performance	1,326 gflops vs 622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 236 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1107 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1998 vs 1285
PassMark - G2D Mark	289 vs 59
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3275 vs 2697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3333 vs 3325
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3275 vs 2697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3333 vs 3325

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Around 52% higher core clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 850 MHz
3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 21396 vs 7240

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1296 MHz vs 850 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	21396 vs 7240

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1998

1285

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

289

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

7240

21396

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3275

2697

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3333

3325

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3275

2697

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3333

3325

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
PassMark - G3D Mark	1998	1285
PassMark - G2D Mark	289	59
Geekbench - OpenCL	7240	21396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	8.832
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	520.747
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.731
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	19.952
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	43.535
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3275	2697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3333	3325
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3275	2697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3333	3325
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	759

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GK106	GT200
Launch date	30 May 2013	16 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1060	1062
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$649
Price now		$522.78
Value for money (0-100)		2.98
Technical info
Boost clock speed	863 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	1296 MHz
CUDA cores	768	240
Floating-point performance	1,326 gflops	622.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	768	240
Texture fill rate	55.23 GTexel / s	48.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	236 Watt
Transistor count	2,540 million	1,400 million
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support	Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support	Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support	Up to 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	1	2-way3-way
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin & 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12 API	10.0
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s	141.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1107 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Standard memory configuration	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
Blu-Ray 3D Support
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA
Verde Drivers