Quadro NVS 150M vs GeForce 9400M

Place in the ranking	1418	1464
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.55	1.29
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	C79	G98
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	15 October 2008 (17 years ago)	15 August 2008 (17 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	16	8
Core clock speed	580 MHz	530 MHz
Number of transistors	314 million	210 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	10 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.640	2.120
Floating-point processing power	0.0448 TFLOPS	0.0208 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	4
TMUs	8	4
L2 Cache	no data	16 KB

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 2.0 x16

MXM-I

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	System Shared	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	256 MB
Memory bus width	System Shared	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	700 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	11.2 GB/s
Shared memory	+	-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	4.0	4.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
OpenCL	N/A	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	-	1.1

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

GeForce 9400M 0.23
+43.8%

NVS 150M 0.16

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.

GeForce 9400M 101
+44.3%

Samples: 116

NVS 150M 70
Samples: 32

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Valorant	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Dota 2	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Valorant	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Dota 2	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Valorant	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

1440p
Ultra

Forza Horizon 4	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	0−1

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Valorant	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
Ultra

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

2−3

+0%

2−3

+0%

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 29 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.23	0.16
Recency	15 October 2008	15 August 2008
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	10 Watt

GeForce 9400M has a 43.8% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 2 months.

NVS 150M, on the other hand, has 20% lower power consumption.

The GeForce 9400M is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro NVS 150M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 9400M is a notebook graphics card while Quadro NVS 150M is a mobile workstation one.

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