FirePro W4300 vs GeForce GTX 965M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W4300 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 W4300 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 W4300 GeForce GTX 965M
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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  • FirePro W4300 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and GeForce GTX 965M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • FirePro W4300 and GeForce GTX 965M have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • FirePro W4300 is used in Desktops, and GeForce GTX 965M - in Laptops.
  • FirePro W4300 is build with GCN 2.0 architecture, and GeForce GTX 965M - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 965M is 14 MHz higher, than FirePro W4300.
  • FirePro W4300 and GeForce GTX 965M are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W4300 is 3500 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 965M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 20−22
ultra / 1080p 8−9 12−14
QHD / 1440p 3−4 6−7
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 30−35 35−40
medium / 1080p 18−20 24−27
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 965M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 33% more, than FirePro W4300.

Full Specs

  FirePro W4300 GeForce GTX 965M
Architecture GCN 2.0 Maxwell
Code name Bonaire N16E-GS, N16E-GR
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 1 December 2015 5 January 2015
Pipelines 768 1024
Core clock speed 930 MHz 944 MHz
Boost Clock 950 / 1151 MHz
Transistor count 2,080 million 2,940 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 44.64 73.60
Floating-point performance 1,428 gflops 2,355 gflops
Length 171 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s 80 GB/s
Shared memory -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (12_0) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.3 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 2.0 1.1
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.1
CUDA +
CUDA cores 1024
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
SLI options +
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 152 Mh/s 226 Mh/s
Laptop size large
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
Optimus +
GameStream +
GeForce ShadowPlay +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
BatteryBoost +
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