Radeon Vega 7 vs GeForce GTX 965M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking450not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-10039
Power efficiency14.18no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGM206SCezanne
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date2016 (8 years ago)13 April 2021 (3 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 cores1024448
Core clock speed944 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed1150 MHz1900 MHz
Number of transistors2,940 million9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)unknown45 Watt
Texture fill rate73.6053.20
Floating-point processing power2.355 TFLOPS1.702 TFLOPS
ROPs328
TMUs6428

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)IGP
Widthno dataIGP
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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount2 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed2500 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth80 GB/sno data
Shared memory-no data

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 DependentNo outputs
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+-
Ansel+-

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
OpenCL1.12.1
Vulkan1.31.2
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm

Vega 7 has a 300% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 965M and Radeon Vega 7. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 965M is a notebook card while Radeon Vega 7 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
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