NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M vs AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M and AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2 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 Radeon HD 6850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 944 MHz vs 800 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
5.1x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 254 Watt
Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3797 vs 2534
3.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14360 vs 3977
4.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.903 vs 0.789

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 January 2015 vs 19 September 2011
Core clock speed	944 MHz vs 800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 254 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3797 vs 2534
Geekbench - OpenCL	14360 vs 3977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.903 vs 0.789

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

3.2x more texture fill rate: 2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 73.6 GTexel / s
Around 88% higher pipelines: 2x 960 vs 1024
Around 30% better floating-point performance: 2x 1,536.0 gflops vs 2,355 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 2 GB vs 2 GB
Around 68% higher memory clock speed: 4200 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 373 vs 337

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 73.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 960 vs 1024
Floating-point performance	2x 1,536.0 gflops vs 2,355 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 2 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	4200 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	373 vs 337

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3797

2534

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

337

373

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

14360

3977

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.903

0.789

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M	AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	3797	2534
PassMark - G2D Mark	337	373
Geekbench - OpenCL	14360	3977
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	0.789
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1831

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M	AMD Radeon HD 6850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	GM204	Barts
Launch date	9 January 2015	19 September 2011
Place in performance rating	721	723
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz
Core clock speed	944 MHz	800 MHz
CUDA cores	1024
Floating-point performance	2,355 gflops	2x 1,536.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1024	2x 960
Texture fill rate	73.6 GTexel / s	2x 38.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	254 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	1,700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x 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 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	1
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2x 2 GB
Memory bandwidth	80 GB / s	2x 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	4200 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