NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M vs AMD FirePro D300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M and AMD FirePro D300 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • Around 11% higher core clock speed: 944 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 73.6 GTexel / s vs 68 GTexel / s
  • Around 8% better floating-point performance: 2,355 gflops vs 2,176 gflops
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 67.59 vs 51.183
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 9 January 2015 vs 18 January 2014
Core clock speed 944 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate 73.6 GTexel / s vs 68 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 2,355 gflops vs 2,176 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 67.59 vs 51.183

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro D300

  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 1024
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 5080 MHz vs 2500 MHz
  • Around 39% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 20117 vs 14492
  • Around 65% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1192.547 vs 720.592
  • Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.209 vs 3.903
  • Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 78.541 vs 57.947
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 242.179 vs 223.296
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6054 vs 5783
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3397 vs 2566
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6054 vs 5783
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3397 vs 2566
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 1280 vs 1024
Memory clock speed 5080 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 20117 vs 14492
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1192.547 vs 720.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.209 vs 3.903
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 78.541 vs 57.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 242.179 vs 223.296
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6054 vs 5783
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3397 vs 2566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 vs 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6054 vs 5783
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3397 vs 2566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 vs 3337

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
GPU 2: AMD FirePro D300

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
14492
20117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
67.59
51.183
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
720.592
1192.547
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.903
5.209
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
57.947
78.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
223.296
242.179
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5783
6054
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2566
3397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3337
3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5783
6054
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2566
3397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3337
3351
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M AMD FirePro D300
PassMark - G3D Mark 3812
PassMark - G2D Mark 344
Geekbench - OpenCL 14492 20117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 67.59 51.183
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 720.592 1192.547
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.903 5.209
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 57.947 78.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 223.296 242.179
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5783 6054
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2566 3397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3337 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5783 6054
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2566 3397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3337 3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1831

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M AMD FirePro D300

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name GM204 Pitcairn
Launch date 9 January 2015 18 January 2014
Place in performance rating 684 686
Type Laptop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 950 MHz
Core clock speed 944 MHz 850 MHz
CUDA cores 1024
Floating-point performance 2,355 gflops 2,176 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1024 1280
Texture fill rate 73.6 GTexel / s 68 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 5,200 million 2,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 4x DisplayPort
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support 1
G-SYNC support
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support 1

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
SLI options 1
Supplementary power connectors None
Length 242 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 80 GB / s 162.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 5080 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI