NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M vs ATI Radeon X300 SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M and ATI Radeon X300 SE 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

ATI Radeon X300 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.9x more core clock speed: 944 MHz vs 325 MHz
56.6x more texture fill rate: 73.6 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 64 MB
6.3x more memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 400 MHz
99.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3797 vs 38
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 337 vs 242

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 January 2015 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	944 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	73.6 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3797 vs 38
PassMark - G2D Mark	337 vs 242

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X300 SE

Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X300 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3797

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

337

242

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M	ATI Radeon X300 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	3797	38
PassMark - G2D Mark	337	242
Geekbench - OpenCL	14360
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
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	ATI Radeon X300 SE
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Rage 9
Code name	GM204	RV370
Launch date	9 January 2015	1 September 2004
Place in performance rating	721	718
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz
Core clock speed	944 MHz	325 MHz
CUDA cores	1024
Floating-point performance	2,355 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1024
Texture fill rate	73.6 GTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	107 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)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	1
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	80 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
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