NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M vs AMD FirePro W5170M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M and AMD FirePro W5170M 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 965M

AMD FirePro W5170M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 944 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 950 MHz vs 925 MHz
Around 99% higher texture fill rate: 73.6 GTexel / s vs 37 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 640
Around 99% better floating-point performance: 2,355 gflops vs 1,184 gflops
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3812 vs 1802
Around 75% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14492 vs 8303
Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5783 vs 3409
Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5783 vs 3409

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 January 2015 vs 25 August 2014
Core clock speed	944 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	950 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate	73.6 GTexel / s vs 37 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 640
Floating-point performance	2,355 gflops vs 1,184 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3812 vs 1802
Geekbench - OpenCL	14492 vs 8303
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5783 vs 3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5783 vs 3409

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5170M

Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 358 vs 344
Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3189 vs 2566
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 3337
Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3189 vs 2566
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 3337

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	358 vs 344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3189 vs 2566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355 vs 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3189 vs 2566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355 vs 3337

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W5170M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3812

1802

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

344

358

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

14492

8303

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5783

3409

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2566

3189

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3337

3355

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5783

3409

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2566

3189

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3337

3355

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M	AMD FirePro W5170M
PassMark - G3D Mark	3812	1802
PassMark - G2D Mark	344	358
Geekbench - OpenCL	14492	8303
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	3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2566	3189
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3337	3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5783	3409
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2566	3189
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3337	3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1831

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M	AMD FirePro W5170M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM204	Tropo
Launch date	9 January 2015	25 August 2014
Place in performance rating	684	685
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz	925 MHz
Core clock speed	944 MHz	900 MHz
CUDA cores	1024
Floating-point performance	2,355 gflops	1,184 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1024	640
Texture fill rate	73.6 GTexel / s	37 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	1,500 million
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
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size	large	large
SLI options	1
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	80 GB / s	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	4500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro