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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M SLI: specs and benchmarks
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- Core clock speed 924
- Max video memory 2x 4096 MB
- Memory type GDDR5
- Memory clock speed 5000
- Maximum resolution
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.
It provides good gaming and benchmark performance at
of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti.
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 | + |
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.
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.
- 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU
- 3DMark Fire Strike Score
- 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
- 3DMark 11 Performance GPU
- 3DMark Ice Storm GPU
3DMark Cloud Gate GPU
Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.
3DMark Fire Strike Score
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature seemingly made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic enough graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.
3DMark 11 Performance GPU
3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.
3DMark Ice Storm GPU
Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.
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 | 72 |
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.
AMD equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to GeForce GTX 965M SLI from AMD is Radeon R9 M290X Crossfire, which is slower by 2% and lower by 12 positions in our rating.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce GTX 965M SLI:
Similar GPUs
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Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with GeForce GTX 965M SLI according to our statistics.