NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M vs AMD Radeon R7 250XE

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M and AMD Radeon R7 250XE. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GM206GPU NameCape Verde
N16E-GRModel numberCape Verde XT
Maxwell 2.0ArchitectureGCN 1.0
TSMCFoundryTSMC
28 nmProcess Size28 nm
2,940 millionTransistors1,500 million
228 mm²Die Size123 mm²

Graphics Card

2016Release DateAug 21st, 2014
GeForce 900MFamilyVolcanic Islands
(R7 200)
ActiveProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 800MPredecessorSea Islands
MXM-B (3.0)Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

2 GBMemory Size1024 MB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
128 bitMemory Bus128 bit
80.19 GB/sBandwidth72.00 GB/s

Performance

36.80 GPixel/sPixel fillrate13.76 GPixel/s
73.60 GTexel/sTexture fillrate34.40 GTexel/s
2.355 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance1,101 GFLOPS
73.60 GFLOPS (1:32)FP64 (double) performance68.80 GFLOPS (1:16)

Clock Speeds

1253 MHz
5 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1125 MHz
4.5 Gbps effective

Render Config

1024Shading Units640
64TMUs40
32ROPs16
48 KB (per SMM)L1 Cache16 KB (per CU)
1024 KBL2 Cache256 KB

Board Design

MXM ModuleSlot WidthSingle-slot
unknownThermal design power (TDP)80 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors1x DVI
1x HDMI
1x VGA
NonePower ConnectorsNone

API support

12 (12_1)DirectX12 (11_1)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL1.2
1.1Vulkan1.2
6.4Shader Model5.1