GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q vs GTX 965M SLI

Place in the ranking	310	131
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	31.17
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	no data	TU104B
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	5 January 2015 (9 years ago)	29 January 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2048	2944
Core clock speed	924 MHz	735 MHz
Boost clock speed	950 MHz	1095 MHz
Number of transistors	2x 5200 Million	13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	80 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	201.5
Floating-point processing power	no data	6.447 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	64
TMUs	no data	184
Tensor Cores	no data	368
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	46

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large	large
Interface	no data	PCIe 3.0 x16
SLI options	+	-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	384.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	no data	No outputs
G-SYNC support	-	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus	+	-
VR Ready	no data	+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12_1	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	no data	6.5
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	1.2
Vulkan	-	1.2.131
CUDA	+	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 965M SLI 17.34

RTX 2080 Max-Q 36.01
+108%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 965M SLI 14428

RTX 2080 Max-Q 27973
+93.9%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 965M SLI 10207

RTX 2080 Max-Q 20703
+103%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 965M SLI 51182

RTX 2080 Max-Q 117764
+130%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 965M SLI 250259

RTX 2080 Max-Q 425550
+70%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	71 −59.2%	113 +59.2%
1440p	35−40 −111%	74 +111%
4K	24−27 −121%	53 +121%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

27−30

−130%

60−65
+130%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 −108%	81 +108%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 −114%	60−65 +114%
Battlefield 5	55−60 −149%	142 +149%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 −171%	95 +171%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 −130%	60−65 +130%
Far Cry 5	40−45 −193%	117 +193%
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50 −196%	139 +196%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 −146%	271 +146%
Hitman 3	30−35 −130%	75−80 +130%
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90 −77.9%	150−160 +77.9%
Metro Exodus	55−60 −132%	137 +132%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 −102%	95 +102%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60 −205%	174 +205%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 −45.9%	120−130 +45.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 −97.4%	75−80 +97.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 −114%	60−65 +114%
Battlefield 5	55−60 −128%	130 +128%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 −163%	92 +163%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 −130%	60−65 +130%
Far Cry 5	40−45 −125%	90 +125%
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50 −117%	102 +117%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 −103%	223 +103%
Hitman 3	30−35 −130%	75−80 +130%
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90 −77.9%	150−160 +77.9%
Metro Exodus	55−60 −103%	120 +103%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 −36.2%	64 +36.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60 −126%	120−130 +126%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 −87.5%	75−80 +87.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 −45.9%	120−130 +45.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 −43.6%	56 +43.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 −114%	60−65 +114%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 −103%	71 +103%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 −130%	60−65 +130%
Far Cry 5	40−45 −67.5%	67 +67.5%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 −66.4%	180−190 +66.4%
Hitman 3	30−35 −130%	75−80 +130%
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90 −77.9%	150−160 +77.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60 −126%	120−130 +126%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 −95%	78 +95%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 −45.9%	120−130 +45.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

45−50

−74.5%

82
+74.5%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35 −167%	88 +167%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 −165%	69 +165%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 −176%	47 +176%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 −160%	35−40 +160%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 −121%	40−45 +121%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −200%	27−30 +200%
Far Cry 5	20−22 −155%	51 +155%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 −138%	224 +138%
Hitman 3	20−22 −130%	45−50 +130%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −120%	75−80 +120%
Metro Exodus	30−35 −119%	65−70 +119%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 −161%	85−90 +161%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −168%	50−55 +168%
Watch Dogs: Legion	100−110 −75%	180−190 +75%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

27−30

−121%

60−65
+121%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 −141%	41 +141%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −208%	40 +208%
Hitman 3	12−14 −123%	27−30 +123%
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90 −93.3%	170−180 +93.3%
Metro Exodus	18−20 −100%	36 +100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −212%	53 +212%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −210%	31 +210%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 −175%	21−24 +175%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −144%	21−24 +144%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −267%	10−12 +267%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −200%	27 +200%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −117%	50−55 +117%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 −167%	45−50 +167%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 −157%	18−20 +157%