FirePro W9000 vs GeForce GTX 965M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W9000 and GeForce GTX 965M, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro W9000 stacks up against GeForce GTX 965M, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 965M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: GeForce GTX 965M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 965M here:

Main Specs

  FirePro W9000 GeForce GTX 965M
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI No outputs
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  • FirePro W9000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and GeForce GTX 965M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • FirePro W9000 has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 965M.
  • FirePro W9000 is used in Desktops, and GeForce GTX 965M - in Laptops.
  • FirePro W9000 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and GeForce GTX 965M - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W9000 is 31 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 965M.
  • FirePro W9000 and GeForce GTX 965M are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W9000 is 3000 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 965M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 20−22
ultra / 1080p 21−24 12−14
QHD / 1440p 16−18 6−7
4K / 2160p 10−11 5−6
low / 720p 60−65 35−40
medium / 1080p 40−45 24−27
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W9000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 77% more, than GeForce GTX 965M.

Full Specs

  FirePro W9000 GeForce GTX 965M
Architecture GCN 1.0 Maxwell
Code name Tahiti N16E-GS, N16E-GR
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 14 June 2012 5 January 2015
Pipelines 2048 1024
Core clock speed 975 MHz 944 MHz
Boost Clock 950 / 1151 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million 2,940 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 124.8 73.60
Floating-point performance 3,994 gflops 2,355 gflops
Length 279 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5500 MHz 2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 264 GB/s 80 GB/s
Shared memory -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.1
CUDA +
CUDA cores 1024
Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCI Express 3.0
SLI options +
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 460 Mh/s 226 Mh/s
Laptop size large
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
Optimus +
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
Dual-link DVI support +
GameStream +
GeForce ShadowPlay +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
BatteryBoost +
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