GeForce 9300M GS DDR2 vs Arc Pro A30M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 348 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 21.21 | no data |
| Architecture | Generation 12.7 (2022−2023) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | DG2-128 | G98 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 8 August 2022 (2 years ago) | 4 June 2008 (16 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 | 1024 | 8 |
| Core clock speed | 1500 MHz | 580 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2000 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 7,200 million | 210 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 13 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 128.0 | 2.320 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.096 TFLOPS | 0.0232 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 4 |
| TMUs | 64 | 4 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 8 | no data |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | MXM-I |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 | GDDR6 | DDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 128.0 GB/s | 6.4 GB/s |
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 outputs | Portable Device Dependent |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 1.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 8 August 2022 | 4 June 2008 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 13 Watt |
Arc Pro A30M has an age advantage of 14 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 983.3% more advanced lithography process.
9300M GS DDR2, on the other hand, has 284.6% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Arc Pro A30M and GeForce 9300M GS DDR2. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Arc Pro A30M is a mobile workstation card while GeForce 9300M GS DDR2 is a mobile workstation 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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