Arc 7-Cores iGPU vs GeForce GTX 965M SLI

Place in performance ranking	294	291
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	30.69	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Xe LPG
GPU code name	no data	Meteor Lake iGPU
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	5 January 2015 (9 years ago)	14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Current price	$149	no data

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed Specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2048	7
Core clock speed	924 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	950 MHz	2200 MHz
Number of transistors	2x 5200 Million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 965M SLI and Arc 7-Cores iGPU 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	no data
SLI options	+	no data

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	no data
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	no data
Shared memory	-	-

Supported GPU Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus

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API Compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12_1	12_2
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 17.25

Arc 7-Cores iGPU 17.32
+0.4%

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 965M SLI 14428
+22.3%

Arc 7-Cores iGPU 11795

GeForce GTX 965M SLI outperforms Arc 7-Cores iGPU by 22% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 965M SLI 10207
+20.8%

Arc 7-Cores iGPU 8449

GeForce GTX 965M SLI outperforms Arc 7-Cores iGPU by 21% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 965M SLI 51182
+12.1%

Arc 7-Cores iGPU 45644

GeForce GTX 965M SLI outperforms Arc 7-Cores iGPU by 12% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD

72
+112%

−112%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

27−30

+0%

27−30
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Battlefield 5	55−60 −1.7%	55−60 +1.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 −2.3%	45−50 +2.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +18.4%	38 −18.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Hitman 3	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −2.8%	35−40 +2.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 −2.8%	35−40 +2.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Battlefield 5	55−60 −1.7%	55−60 +1.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 −2.3%	45−50 +2.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +32.4%	34 −32.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Hitman 3	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −2.8%	35−40 +2.8%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 −2.8%	35−40 +2.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40 −40.5%	52 +40.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Battlefield 5	55−60 −1.7%	55−60 +1.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +28.6%	35 −28.6%
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	35−40 +68.2%	22 −68.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 −4%	24−27 +4%
Hitman 3	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Metro Exodus	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Battlefield 5	35−40 −2.7%	35−40 +2.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Far Cry 5	27−30 −3.6%	27−30 +3.6%
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 −3.1%	30−35 +3.1%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Hitman 3	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Metro Exodus	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Battlefield 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

This is how GTX 965M SLI and Arc 7-Cores iGPU compete in popular games:

GTX 965M SLI is 112% faster than Arc 7-Cores iGPU in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 965M SLI is 68.2% faster than the Arc 7-Cores iGPU.
in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the Arc 7-Cores iGPU is 40.5% faster than the GTX 965M SLI.

All in all, in popular games: