GeForce GTS 150M vs Arc 8-Core iGPU

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Arc 8-Core iGPU and GeForce GTS 150M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Arc 8-Core iGPU
2023
18.48
+1311%

Arc 8-Core iGPU outperforms GTS 150M by a whopping 1311% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking2981031
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data2.00
ArchitectureXe LPG (2023)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameMeteor Lake iGPUG94
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date14 December 2023 (1 year ago)3 March 2009 (15 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 cores864
Core clock speedno data400 MHz
Boost clock speed2300 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data505 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data45 Watt
Texture fill rateno data12.80
Floating-point processing powerno data0.128 TFLOPS
Gigaflopsno data192
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data32

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 sizeno datalarge
Bus supportno dataPCI-E 2.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
SLI options-2-way
MXM Typeno dataMXM 3.0 Type-B

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 typeno dataGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data1 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno dataUp to 800 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data51 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 Connectorsno dataDisplayPortHDMIDual Link DVILVDSSingle Link DVIVGA
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataS/PDIF

Supported technologies

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

Power managementno data8.0

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_211.1 (10_0)
Shader Modelno data4.0
OpenGLno data2.1
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA-+

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 HD36
+1700%
2−3
−1700%
1440p19
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
4K130−1

FPS performance in popular games

  • Full HD
    Medium Preset
  • Full HD
    High Preset
  • Full HD
    Ultra Preset
  • Full HD
    Epic Preset
  • 1440p
    High Preset
  • 1440p
    Ultra Preset
  • 1440p
    Epic Preset
  • 4K
    High Preset
  • 4K
    Ultra Preset
  • 4K
    Epic Preset
  • Full HD
    Low Preset
  • Full HD
    Medium Preset
  • Full HD
    High Preset
  • Full HD
    Ultra Preset
  • 1440p
    Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+600%
6−7
−600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+1450%
2−3
−1450%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+1425%
4−5
−1425%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+850%
4−5
−850%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+4200%
1−2
−4200%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+1567%
3−4
−1567%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+5750%
2−3
−5750%
Hitman 3 35−40
+500%
6−7
−500%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
+550%
14−16
−550%
Metro Exodus 60−65
+1500%
4−5
−1500%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+2400%
2−3
−2400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 60−65
+663%
8−9
−663%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+167%
30−35
−167%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+600%
6−7
−600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+1450%
2−3
−1450%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+1425%
4−5
−1425%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+850%
4−5
−850%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+4200%
1−2
−4200%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+1567%
3−4
−1567%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+5750%
2−3
−5750%
Hitman 3 35−40
+500%
6−7
−500%
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
+550%
14−16
−550%
Metro Exodus 60−65
+1500%
4−5
−1500%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+2400%
2−3
−2400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 58
+625%
8−9
−625%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+282%
10−12
−282%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+167%
30−35
−167%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+600%
6−7
−600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+1450%
2−3
−1450%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+850%
4−5
−850%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+4200%
1−2
−4200%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+5750%
2−3
−5750%
Hitman 3 35−40
+500%
6−7
−500%
Horizon Zero Dawn 41
+193%
14−16
−193%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 46
+475%
8−9
−475%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24
+118%
10−12
−118%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+167%
30−35
−167%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+2400%
2−3
−2400%
Battlefield 5 35−40
+3500%
1−2
−3500%
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30
+1300%
2−3
−1300%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22 0−1
Far Cry 5 21−24
+2000%
1−2
−2000%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+1357%
7−8
−1357%
Hitman 3 21−24
+214%
7−8
−214%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
+660%
5−6
−660%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+1600%
2−3
−1600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 34
+1600%
2−3
−1600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+2000%
1−2
−2000%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+1750%
6−7
−1750%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+675%
4−5
−675%
Battlefield 5 18−20
+1700%
1−2
−1700%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16 0−1
Hitman 3 14−16 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
+1500%
6−7
−1500%
Metro Exodus 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11 0−1
Far Cry 5 10−11 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+2400%
1−2
−2400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 8−9 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
+433%
3−4
−433%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

This is how Arc 8-Core iGPU and GTS 150M compete in popular games:

  • Arc 8-Core iGPU is 1700% faster in 1080p
  • Arc 8-Core iGPU is 1800% faster in 1440p

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

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Arc 8-Core iGPU is 5750% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Arc 8-Core iGPU is ahead in 43 tests (90%)
  • there's a draw in 5 tests (10%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 18.48 1.31
Recency 14 December 2023 3 March 2009
Chip lithography 5 nm 65 nm

Arc 8-Core iGPU has a 1310.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, and a 1200% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc 8-Core iGPU is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 150M in performance tests.


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