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

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce GTX 965M SLI: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	312
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	5 January 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

GeForce GTX 965M SLI's specs 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 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed	924 MHz	of 2610 MHz (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	950 MHz	of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	2x 5200 Million	of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GTX 965M SLI and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large
SLI options	+

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTX 965M SLI: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB	of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Shared memory	-

Supported 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 compatibility

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

DirectX	12_1
CUDA	+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GTX 965M SLI. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. 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.

GTX 965M SLI 17.34

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.

GTX 965M SLI 14428

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 made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 965M SLI 10207

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.

GTX 965M SLI 51182

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.

GTX 965M SLI 250259

Gaming performance

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.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

27−30

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30
Battlefield 5	55−60
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30
Far Cry 5	40−45
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50
Forza Horizon 4	110−120
Hitman 3	30−35
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90
Metro Exodus	55−60
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30
Battlefield 5	55−60
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30
Far Cry 5	40−45
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50
Forza Horizon 4	110−120
Hitman 3	30−35
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90
Metro Exodus	55−60
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30
Far Cry 5	40−45
Forza Horizon 4	110−120
Hitman 3	30−35
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

45−50

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10
Far Cry 5	20−22
Forza Horizon 4	90−95
Hitman 3	20−22
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40
Metro Exodus	30−35
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20
Watch Dogs: Legion	100−110

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

27−30

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14
Hitman 3	12−14
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90
Metro Exodus	18−20
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4
Far Cry 5	9−10
Forza Horizon 4	21−24
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

Closest competitors

GeForce GTX 965M SLI's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook graphics cards.

GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q 103.86

Arc 7-Core iGPU 101.44

Arc A530M 100.29

GeForce GTX 965M SLI 100

Arc 7-Cores iGPU 98.9

Radeon RX Vega M GH 98.44

Radeon RX 6300M 96.02

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GTX 965M SLI is Radeon RX Vega M GH, which is slower by 2% and lower by 5 positions in our ranking.