NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M vs ATI FirePro V8800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M and ATI FirePro V8800 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 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 14% higher core clock speed: 944 MHz vs 825 MHz
  • Around 12% higher texture fill rate: 73.6 GTexel / s vs 66.0 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 4.2x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 208 Watt
  • Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3797 vs 2281
  • 3.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 67.59 vs 18.27
  • 10.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.903 vs 0.357
  • Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 57.947 vs 49.357
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 9 January 2015 vs 7 April 2010
Core clock speed 944 MHz vs 825 MHz
Texture fill rate 73.6 GTexel / s vs 66.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 208 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3797 vs 2281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 67.59 vs 18.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.903 vs 0.357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 57.947 vs 49.357

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro V8800

  • Around 56% higher pipelines: 1600 vs 1024
  • Around 12% better floating-point performance: 2,640.0 gflops vs 2,355 gflops
  • Around 84% higher memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 2500 MHz
  • Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 445 vs 337
  • 2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 36751 vs 14360
  • Around 64% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1180.667 vs 720.592
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 228.843 vs 223.296
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3575 vs 2566
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3337
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3575 vs 2566
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3337
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 1600 vs 1024
Floating-point performance 2,640.0 gflops vs 2,355 gflops
Memory clock speed 4600 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 445 vs 337
Geekbench - OpenCL 36751 vs 14360
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1180.667 vs 720.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 228.843 vs 223.296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3575 vs 2566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3575 vs 2566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3337

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
GPU 2: ATI FirePro V8800

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3797
2281
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
337
445
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
14360
36751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
67.59
18.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
720.592
1180.667
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.903
0.357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
57.947
49.357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
223.296
228.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2566
3575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3337
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2566
3575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3337
3356
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M ATI FirePro V8800
PassMark - G3D Mark 3797 2281
PassMark - G2D Mark 337 445
Geekbench - OpenCL 14360 36751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 67.59 18.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 720.592 1180.667
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.903 0.357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 57.947 49.357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 223.296 228.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5783
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2566 3575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3337 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5783
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2566 3575
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3337 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1831

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M ATI FirePro V8800

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name GM204 Cypress
Launch date 9 January 2015 7 April 2010
Place in performance rating 721 724
Type Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $1,499

Technical info

Boost clock speed 950 MHz
Core clock speed 944 MHz 825 MHz
CUDA cores 1024
Floating-point performance 2,355 gflops 2,640.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 1024 1600
Texture fill rate 73.6 GTexel / s 66.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 208 Watt
Transistor count 5,200 million 2,154 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 4x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
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 6-pin
Length 267 mm

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 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 80 GB / s 147.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 4600 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