NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M SLI: specs and benchmarks

Summary

NVIDIA started GeForce GTX 965M SLI sales 5 January 2015. This is Maxwell architecture notebook card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 2x 4 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 5 GHz are supplied.

General info

Of GeForce GTX 965M SLI's architecture, market segment and release date.

Place in performance rating	186
Value for money	38.55
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	5 January 2015 (7 years ago)
Price now	$149	of 49999 (A100 SXM4)

Technical specs

GeForce GTX 965M SLI's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTX 965M SLI's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2048	of 18432 (AD102)
Core clock speed	924 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	950 MHz	of 2903 (Radeon Pro W6600)
Number of transistors	2x 5200 Million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	of 4 (H100 PCIe)

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on GeForce GTX 965M SLI's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large
SLI options	+

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 965M SLI: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB	of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	of 19500 (GeForce RTX 3090)
Shared memory	-

Technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce GTX 965M SLI. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus

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API support

APIs supported by GeForce GTX 965M SLI, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12_1
CUDA	+

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance of GeForce GTX 965M SLI. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

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Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Game benchmarks

Let's see how good GeForce GTX 965M SLI is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD

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Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30
Battlefield 5	27−30
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30
Far Cry 5	27−30
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30
Forza Horizon 4	27−30
Hitman 3	27−30
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30
Battlefield 5	27−30
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30
Far Cry 5	27−30
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30
Forza Horizon 4	27−30
Hitman 3	27−30
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30
Metro Exodus	27−30
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30
Battlefield 5	27−30
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30
Far Cry 5	27−30
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30
Forza Horizon 4	27−30
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30
Hitman 3	27−30
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30
Metro Exodus	27−30
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30
Battlefield 5	27−30
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30
Far Cry 5	27−30
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30
Forza Horizon 4	27−30
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30
Hitman 3	27−30
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30
Metro Exodus	27−30
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	27−30
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30
Battlefield 5	27−30
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30
Far Cry 5	27−30
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30
Forza Horizon 4	27−30
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30

Relative perfomance

Overall GeForce GTX 965M SLI performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook video cards.

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