Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) vs GeForce GTX 965M SLI

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 965M SLI and Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 965M SLI
2015
2x 4 GB GDDR5
17.34
+91.8%

GTX 965M SLI outperforms RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by an impressive 92% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking312479
Place by popularitynot in top-10029
Power efficiencyno data41.89
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code nameno dataVega
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date5 January 2015 (9 years ago)7 January 2020 (4 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 cores2048512
Core clock speed924 MHzno data
Boost clock speed950 MHz2100 MHz
Number of transistors2x 5200 Millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt

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 sizelargeno data
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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount2x 4 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed5000 MHzno data
Shared memory--

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112_1
CUDA+-

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
+91.8%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 9.04

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
+145%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 5891

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
+173%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 3743

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
+89%
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 27084

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
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 299071
+19.5%

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 HD73
+232%
22
−232%
1440p30−35
+87.5%
16
−87.5%
4K18−20
+80%
10
−80%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+42.1%
19
−42.1%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+77.3%
21−24
−77.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 27−30
+45%
20
−45%
Battlefield 5 55−60
+104%
27−30
−104%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+84.2%
18−20
−84.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+92.9%
14
−92.9%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+90.5%
21−24
−90.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 45−50
+80.8%
24−27
−80.8%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+80.3%
60−65
−80.3%
Hitman 3 30−35
+120%
15
−120%
Horizon Zero Dawn 85−90
+68.6%
50−55
−68.6%
Metro Exodus 55−60
+68.6%
35
−68.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 45−50
+42.4%
33
−42.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 55−60
+58.3%
36
−58.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+41.7%
60−65
−41.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+77.3%
21−24
−77.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 27−30
+81.3%
16
−81.3%
Battlefield 5 55−60
+104%
27−30
−104%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+84.2%
18−20
−84.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+170%
10
−170%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+90.5%
21−24
−90.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 45−50
+80.8%
24−27
−80.8%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+80.3%
60−65
−80.3%
Hitman 3 30−35
+120%
15
−120%
Horizon Zero Dawn 85−90
+68.6%
50−55
−68.6%
Metro Exodus 55−60
+136%
25
−136%
Red Dead Redemption 2 45−50
+88%
24−27
−88%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 55−60
+111%
27
−111%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+60%
24−27
−60%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+41.7%
60−65
−41.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+77.3%
21−24
−77.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 27−30
+107%
14
−107%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+84.2%
18−20
−84.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+200%
9
−200%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+90.5%
21−24
−90.5%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+80.3%
60−65
−80.3%
Hitman 3 30−35
+136%
14
−136%
Horizon Zero Dawn 85−90
+258%
24
−258%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 55−60
+148%
23
−148%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+186%
14
−186%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+608%
12
−608%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 45−50
+124%
21
−124%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+83.3%
18−20
−83.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+85.7%
14−16
−85.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
+88.9%
9−10
−88.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
+36.4%
11
−36.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+111%
9−10
−111%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+80%
5
−80%
Far Cry 5 20−22
+100%
10−11
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+141%
35−40
−141%
Hitman 3 20−22
+100%
10
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
+75%
20
−75%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+82.4%
17
−82.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
+106%
16
−106%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+138%
8−9
−138%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
+76.3%
59
−76.3%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
+115%
13
−115%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
+113%
8−9
−113%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
+117%
6−7
−117%
Hitman 3 12−14
+160%
5−6
−160%
Horizon Zero Dawn 85−90
+141%
35−40
−141%
Metro Exodus 18−20
+157%
7−8
−157%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+183%
6−7
−183%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
+100%
5−6
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+109%
10−12
−109%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
+100%
9
−100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+66.7%
9−10
−66.7%

This is how GTX 965M SLI and RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) compete in popular games:

  • GTX 965M SLI is 232% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 965M SLI is 88% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 965M SLI is 80% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 965M SLI is 608% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 965M SLI surpassed RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 17.34 9.04
Recency 5 January 2015 7 January 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm

GTX 965M SLI has a 91.8% higher aggregate performance score.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 965M SLI is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.


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