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    GeForce GTX 965M vs Radeon HD 6850M

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 965M and Radeon HD 6850M, 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 965M stacks up against Radeon HD 6850M, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce GTX 965M and Radeon HD 6850M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 965M and Radeon HD 6850M are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 or Radeon HD 6850M here:

    GeForce GTX 965M Laptops
    Radeon HD 6850M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 965M Radeon HD 6850M
    Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • GeForce GTX 965M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 6850M uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 965M has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6850M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 965M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 6850M - with Terascale 2.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 965M is 369 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850M.
    • GeForce GTX 965M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6850M - by 40 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 965M is 1700 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 20−22 2−3
    ultra / 1080p 12−14 0−1
    QHD / 1440p 6−7 0−1
    4K / 2160p 5−6 −
    low / 720p 35−40 12−14
    medium / 1080p 24−27 3−4
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 965M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 366% more, than Radeon HD 6850M.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 965M Radeon HD 6850M
    Architecture Maxwell Terascale 2
    Code name N16E-GS, N16E-GR Granville Pro/LP
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 5 January 2015 6 January 2011
    Pipelines 1024 800
    Core clock speed 944 MHz 575 / 675 MHz
    Boost Clock 950 / 1151 MHz
    Transistor count 2,940 million 1,040 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
    Texture fill rate 73.60 27.00
    Floating-point performance 2,355 gflops 1,080.0 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    G-SYNC support +
    DirectX 12 (12_1) 11.2 (11_0)
    Shader Model 6.4 5.0
    OpenGL 4.5 4.4
    OpenCL 1.1 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1 N/A
    CUDA +
    CUDA cores 1024
    Bus support PCI Express 3.0
    SLI options +
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 226 Mh/s
    Laptop size large 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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