GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon R9 M365X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 960 and Radeon R9 M365X, 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 960 stacks up against Radeon R9 M365X, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R9 M365X is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R9 M365X 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 R9 M365X here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 960 Radeon R9 M365X
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pins
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort No outputs
Recommended system power (PSU) 400 Watt
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  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce GTX 960 and Radeon R9 M365X have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • GeForce GTX 960 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R9 M365X - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 960 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R9 M365X - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 960 is 227 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M365X.
  • GeForce GTX 960 and Radeon R9 M365X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 M365X is 1118 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 960.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 6−7
ultra / 1080p 21−24 4−5
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 16−18
medium / 1080p 40−45 8−9
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 960 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 355% more, than Radeon R9 M365X.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 960 Radeon R9 M365X
Architecture Maxwell GCN
Code name GM206 Tropo
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 22 January 2015 6 May 2015
Pipelines 1024 640
Core clock speed 1127 MHz 900 MHz
Boost Clock 1178 MHz 925 MHz
Transistor count 2,940 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 72 billion/sec 37.00
Floating-point performance 2,413 gflops 1,184 gflops
Length 9.5" (24.1 cm)
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 7.0 GB/s 1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory - -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 6.4 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.27 kh/s
FreeSync +
CUDA cores 1024
Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support 4 displays
HDCP +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 318 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.92 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 8 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 141.47 Sol/s
Compute units 10
GameStream +
GeForce ShadowPlay +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
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