NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M vs AMD FirePro S9000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M and AMD FirePro S9000 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 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 5% higher core clock speed: 944 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • 7x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 350 Watt
  • 7.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 67.59 vs 9.541
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 720.592 vs 275.278
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.903 vs 1.886
  • Around 93% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 57.947 vs 30.049
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 223.296 vs 91.842
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 9 January 2015 vs 24 August 2012
Core clock speed 944 MHz vs 900 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 350 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 67.59 vs 9.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 720.592 vs 275.278
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.903 vs 1.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 57.947 vs 30.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 223.296 vs 91.842

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S9000

  • Around 37% higher texture fill rate: 100.8 GTexel / s vs 73.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 75% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1024
  • Around 37% better floating-point performance: 3,226 gflops vs 2,355 gflops
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
  • 2.2x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 2500 MHz
  • Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5059 vs 3821
  • Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 561 vs 345
  • Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3707 vs 2566
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3337
  • Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3707 vs 2566
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3337
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 100.8 GTexel / s vs 73.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1792 vs 1024
Floating-point performance 3,226 gflops vs 2,355 gflops
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 5059 vs 3821
PassMark - G2D Mark 561 vs 345
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3707 vs 2566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3707 vs 2566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3337

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
GPU 2: AMD FirePro S9000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3821
5059
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
345
561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
67.59
9.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
720.592
275.278
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.903
1.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
57.947
30.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
223.296
91.842
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2566
3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3337
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2566
3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3337
3357
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M AMD FirePro S9000
PassMark - G3D Mark 3821 5059
PassMark - G2D Mark 345 561
Geekbench - OpenCL 14467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 67.59 9.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 720.592 275.278
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.903 1.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 57.947 30.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 223.296 91.842
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5783
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2566 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3337 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5783
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2566 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3337 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1831

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M AMD FirePro S9000

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name GM204 Tahiti
Launch date 9 January 2015 24 August 2012
Place in performance rating 666 684
Type Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $2,499

Technical info

Boost clock speed 950 MHz
Core clock speed 944 MHz 900 MHz
CUDA cores 1024
Floating-point performance 2,355 gflops 3,226 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1024 1792
Texture fill rate 73.6 GTexel / s 100.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 350 Watt
Transistor count 5,200 million 4,313 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 3.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
SLI options 1
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 8-pin
Form factor Full Height / Full Length
Length 267 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 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 80 GB / s 264 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 5500 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