Radeon R7 M365 vs GeForce GTX 960M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 487 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 93 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 8.58 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2017) | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) |
| GPU code name | GM107 | Litho |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 13 March 2015 (9 years ago) | 5 May 2015 (9 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 640 | 384 |
| CUDA cores | 640 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 1096 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1176 MHz | 960 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,870 million | 1,040 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 47.04 | 23.04 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.505 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| TMUs | 40 | 24 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| SLI options | + | - |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 80 GB/s | 32 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | no data |
| Eyefinity | - | + |
| VGA аnalog display support | + | no data |
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| FreeSync | - | + |
| HD3D | - | + |
| PowerTune | - | + |
| DualGraphics | - | + |
| ZeroCore | - | + |
| Switchable graphics | - | + |
| GameStream | + | - |
| GeForce ShadowPlay | + | - |
| GPU Boost | 2.0 | no data |
| GameWorks | + | - |
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | + | - |
| Optimus | + | - |
| BatteryBoost | + | - |
| Ansel | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | DirectX® 12 |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | Not Listed |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | - |
| Mantle | - | + |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 13 March 2015 | 5 May 2015 |
R7 M365 has an age advantage of 1 month.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 960M and Radeon R7 M365. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 960M is a notebook card while Radeon R7 M365 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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