GeForce GTX 965M vs Radeon R7 260X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 965M and Radeon R7 260X, 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 R7 260X, 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

  GeForce GTX 965M Radeon R7 260X
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • GeForce GTX 965M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon R7 260X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 965M and Radeon R7 260X have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • GeForce GTX 965M is used in Laptops, and Radeon R7 260X - in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 965M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R7 260X - with GCN 2.0.
  • GeForce GTX 965M and Radeon R7 260X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 20−22 16−18
ultra / 1080p 12−14 9−10
QHD / 1440p 6−7 4−5
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 35−40 30−35
medium / 1080p 24−27 20−22
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 965M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 25% more, than Radeon R7 260X.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 965M Radeon R7 260X
Architecture Maxwell GCN 2.0
Code name N16E-GS, N16E-GR Bonaire
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 5 January 2015 8 October 2013
Pipelines 1024 896
Core clock speed 944 MHz
Boost Clock 950 / 1151 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 2,940 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 73.60 61.60
Floating-point performance 2,355 gflops 1,971 gflops
Length 170 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s 104 GB/s
Shared memory -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4 6.3
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan 1.1
CUDA +
FreeSync +
CUDA cores 1024
Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 3.0
SLI options +
HDMI + +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 226 Mh/s 225 Mh/s
Laptop size large
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
Optimus +
Eyefinity +
Design reference
DDMA audio +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 5.16 Mh/s
GameStream +
GeForce ShadowPlay +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
BatteryBoost +
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