GeForce GTX 465 vs Radeon R6 Kaveri

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 465 and Radeon R6 Kaveri, 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 GeForce GTX 465 stacks up against Radeon R6 Kaveri, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R6 Kaveri is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R6 Kaveri 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 Radeon R6 Kaveri here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 465 Radeon R6 Kaveri
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pins
Memory type GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
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  • GeForce GTX 465 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R6 Kaveri - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 465 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R6 Kaveri - with GCN 1.1.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 465 is 682 MHz higher, than Radeon R6 Kaveri.
  • GeForce GTX 465 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R6 Kaveri - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 0−1
ultra / 1080p 8−9
QHD / 1440p 3−4 0−1
low / 720p 30−33 1−2
medium / 1080p 18−20 0−1
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 465 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 3000% more, than Radeon R6 Kaveri.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 465 Radeon R6 Kaveri
Architecture Fermi GCN 1.1
Code name GF100 Kaveri
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 31 May 2010 4 June 2014
Pipelines 352 384
Core clock speed 1215 MHz 533 MHz
Boost Clock 654 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 26.7 billion/sec
Floating-point performance 855.4 gflops
Length 9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm)
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1603 MHz (3206 data rate)
Memory bandwidth 102.6 GB/s
Shared memory +
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 12 (FL 12_0), Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.2
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 352
Bus support PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 64 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Compute performance 30x
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