NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M 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 9 month(s) later
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 100 Watt
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3797 vs 3450
  • Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 336 vs 276
  • Around 14% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14288 vs 12539
  • Around 94% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 67.59 vs 34.836
  • Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.903 vs 3.038
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 223.296 vs 81.753
  • Around 37% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1831 vs 1336
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 9 January 2015 vs 12 March 2014
Core clock speed 944 MHz vs 941 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3797 vs 3450
PassMark - G2D Mark 336 vs 276
Geekbench - OpenCL 14288 vs 12539
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 67.59 vs 34.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.903 vs 3.038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 223.296 vs 81.753
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1831 vs 1336

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

  • Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 967 MHz vs 950 MHz
  • Around 47% higher texture fill rate: 108.3 GTexel / s vs 73.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 31% higher pipelines: 1344 vs 1024
  • Around 10% better floating-point performance: 2,599 gflops vs 2,355 gflops
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 960.114 vs 720.592
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 59.57 vs 57.947
  • Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6350 vs 5783
  • Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 2566
  • Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6350 vs 5783
  • Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 2566
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 967 MHz vs 950 MHz
Texture fill rate 108.3 GTexel / s vs 73.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1344 vs 1024
Floating-point performance 2,599 gflops vs 2,355 gflops
Maximum memory size 3 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 960.114 vs 720.592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 59.57 vs 57.947
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6350 vs 5783
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 2566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6350 vs 5783
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 2566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 3337

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3797
3450
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
336
276
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
14288
12539
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
67.59
34.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
720.592
960.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.903
3.038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
57.947
59.57
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
223.296
81.753
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5783
6350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2566
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3337
3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5783
6350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2566
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3337
3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1831
1336
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
PassMark - G3D Mark 3797 3450
PassMark - G2D Mark 336 276
Geekbench - OpenCL 14288 12539
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 67.59 34.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 720.592 960.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.903 3.038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 57.947 59.57
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 223.296 81.753
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5783 6350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2566 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3337 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5783 6350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2566 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3337 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1831 1336

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Kepler
Code name GM204 GK104
Launch date 9 January 2015 12 March 2014
Place in performance rating 731 733
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 950 MHz 967 MHz
Core clock speed 944 MHz 941 MHz
CUDA cores 1024 1344
Floating-point performance 2,355 gflops 2,599 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1024 1344
Texture fill rate 73.6 GTexel / s 108.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 5,200 million 3,540 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support 1 Up to 3840x2160
G-SYNC support
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support 1 Up to 2048x1536
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface MXM-B (3.0) MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size large large
SLI options 1
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 80 GB / s 120.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0
Standard memory configuration GDDR5

Technologies

Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
3D Blu-Ray
Direct Compute
FXAA
TXAA