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    GeForce GTX 965M vs Radeon HD 6850 X2

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 965M and Radeon HD 6850 X2. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 965M and Radeon HD 6850 X2. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
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    Radeon HD 6850 X2

    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:

    GeForce GTX 965M Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 965M Radeon HD 6850 X2
    Power consumption (TDP) 254 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None 2x 8-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 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 HD 6850 X2 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
    • GeForce GTX 965M has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6850 X2.
    • GeForce GTX 965M is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 6850 X2 - in Desktops.
    • GeForce GTX 965M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 6850 X2 - with TeraScale 2.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 965M is 144 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6850 X2.
    • GeForce GTX 965M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6850 X2 - by 40 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6850 X2 is 1700 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 965M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 20−22 12−14
    ultra / 1080p 12−14 7−8
    QHD / 1440p 6−7 2−3
    4K / 2160p 5−6 −
    low / 720p 35−40 27−30
    medium / 1080p 24−27 16−18
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 965M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 53% more, than Radeon HD 6850 X2.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 965M Radeon HD 6850 X2
    Architecture Maxwell TeraScale 2
    Code name N16E-GS, N16E-GR Barts
    Type Laptop Desktop
    Release date 5 January 2015 19 September 2011
    Pipelines 1024 960
    Core clock speed 944 MHz 800 MHz
    Boost Clock 950 / 1151 MHz
    Transistor count 2,940 million 1,700 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
    Texture fill rate 73.60 38.40
    Floating-point performance 2,355 gflops 2x 1,536.0 gflops
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 4200 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s 134.4 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
    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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