Steam Deck GPU vs GeForce GTX 965M

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	455	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	13.70	no data
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GM206S	Van Gogh
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	2016 (8 years ago)	25 February 2022 (2 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	1024	512
Core clock speed	944 MHz	1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz	1600 MHz
Number of transistors	2,940 million	2,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	73.60	51.20
Floating-point processing power	2.355 TFLOPS	1.638 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	16
TMUs	64	32
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	8

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	large	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	no data
Length	no data	298 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
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	LPDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80 GB/s	88 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	Portable Device Dependent	1x USB Type-C
VGA аnalog display support	+	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

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 (12_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.2
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm

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