GeForce GT 1030 vs GTX 965M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 965M with GeForce GT 1030, including specs and performance data.

GTX 965M
2016
2 GB GDDR5
9.85
+54.6%

GTX 965M outperforms GT 1030 by an impressive 55% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking456576
Place by popularitynot in top-10036
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data2.31
Power efficiency13.5114.56
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGM206SGP108
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date2016 (8 years ago)17 May 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$79

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores1024384
Core clock speed944 MHz1228 MHz
Boost clock speed1150 MHz1468 MHz
Number of transistors2,940 million1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)unknown30 Watt
Texture fill rate73.6035.23
Floating-point processing power2.355 TFLOPS1.127 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs6424

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
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x4
Lengthno data145 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed2500 MHz1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth80 GB/s48.06 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x DVI, 1x HDMI
VGA аnalog display support+no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support+no data
HDMI++
G-SYNC support++

Supported technologies

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

GameStream+-
GeForce ShadowPlay+-
GPU Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
BatteryBoost+-
VR Readyno data+
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.76.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.11.2
Vulkan1.31.2.131
CUDA+6.1

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 9.85
+54.6%
GT 1030 6.37

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 965M 3797
+54.7%
GT 1030 2454

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 7322
+54.9%
GT 1030 4728

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 965M 23562
+16.7%
GT 1030 20192

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 5536
+52.7%
GT 1030 3625

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 34748
+57.5%
GT 1030 22069

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX 965M 14394
+47%
GT 1030 9789

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 259766
+18.5%
GT 1030 219163

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

GTX 965M 16483
+72.8%
GT 1030 9541

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

GTX 965M 13861
+34.5%
GT 1030 10307

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

GTX 965M 40
+21.9%
GT 1030 33

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

GTX 965M 30
+19.8%
GT 1030 25

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

GTX 965M 3
GT 1030 3

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

GTX 965M 24
+33%
GT 1030 18

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

GTX 965M 20
+66.7%
GT 1030 12

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01

GTX 965M 16
+53.5%
GT 1030 10

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

GTX 965M 1
+40%
GT 1030 1

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 HD45
+87.5%
24
−87.5%
1440p26
+13%
23
−13%
4K20
+150%
8
−150%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data3.29
1440pno data3.43
4Kno data9.88

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+0%
15
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 31
+72.2%
18
−72.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
+87.5%
8−9
−87.5%
Battlefield 5 49
+123%
22
−123%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
+11.1%
18
−11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+36.4%
11
−36.4%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+9.5%
21
−9.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 40
+48.1%
27
−48.1%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−43.1%
93
+43.1%
Hitman 3 18−20
+18.8%
16
−18.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−181%
152
+181%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+19.2%
26
−19.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2 45
+45.2%
31
−45.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 69
+86.5%
37
−86.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−47.6%
93
+47.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 41
+70.8%
24
−70.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
+87.5%
8−9
−87.5%
Battlefield 5 37
+106%
18−20
−106%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
+25%
16
−25%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+114%
7
−114%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+64.3%
14−16
−64.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 29
+45%
20
−45%
Forza Horizon 4 65−70
−29.2%
84
+29.2%
Hitman 3 18−20
+26.7%
15
−26.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−128%
123
+128%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+55%
20
−55%
Red Dead Redemption 2 33
+120%
15
−120%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
+68.4%
19
−68.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 86
+330%
20−22
−330%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−33.3%
84
+33.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 13
+85.7%
7
−85.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
+87.5%
8−9
−87.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
+300%
5
−300%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+50%
10−11
−50%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+64.3%
14−16
−64.3%
Forza Horizon 4 28
+75%
16
−75%
Hitman 3 18−20
+46.2%
12−14
−46.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn 23
+21.1%
19
−21.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
+100%
16
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18
+50%
12
−50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+950%
6
−950%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 32
+68.4%
19
−68.4%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+58.3%
12−14
−58.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+50%
10−11
−50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10
+66.7%
6−7
−66.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
+66.7%
6−7
−66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Far Cry 5 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+115%
20−22
−115%
Hitman 3 12−14
+30%
10−11
−30%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18
+28.6%
14
−28.6%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+133%
6−7
−133%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+9.1%
11
−9.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+29.2%
48
−29.2%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21
+90.9%
10−12
−90.9%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
+75%
4
−75%
Hitman 3 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+147%
16−18
−147%
Metro Exodus 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 13
+333%
3−4
−333%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3
+200%
1
−200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Forza Horizon 4 14
+100%
7
−100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
+0%
6
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%

This is how GTX 965M and GT 1030 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 965M is 88% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 965M is 13% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 965M is 150% 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 is 950% faster.
  • in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GT 1030 is 181% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 965M is ahead in 63 tests (89%)
  • GT 1030 is ahead in 6 tests (8%)
  • there's a draw in 2 tests (3%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.85 6.37
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm

GTX 965M has a 54.6% higher aggregate performance score.

GT 1030, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 965M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 1030 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 965M is a notebook card while GeForce GT 1030 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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