NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M vs ATI Radeon X550 XTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M and ATI Radeon X550 XTX 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 X550 XTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 944 MHz vs 400 MHz
23x more texture fill rate: 73.6 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
4.2x more memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 600 MHz
53.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3775 vs 71
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 340 vs 240

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 January 2015 vs 24 January 2007
Core clock speed	944 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	73.6 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3775 vs 71
PassMark - G2D Mark	340 vs 240

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X550 XTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3775

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

340

240

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M	ATI Radeon X550 XTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	3775	71
PassMark - G2D Mark	340	240
Geekbench - OpenCL	14701
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 X550 XTX
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	R400
Code name	GM204	RV410
Launch date	9 January 2015	24 January 2007
Place in performance rating	702	716
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz
Core clock speed	944 MHz	400 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	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	120 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 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 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
SLI options	1
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0b
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	80 GB / s	4.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	600 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