NVIDIA started GeForce 9650M GS sales 13 March 2008. This is a G8x architecture notebook card based on 80 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 512 MB of GDDR2?, GDDR3 memory clocked at 0.8 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 25.6 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Power consumption is at 29 Watt.

General info

Some basic facts about GeForce 9650M GS: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	1129
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Value for money	0.01
Architecture	G8x (2007−2008)
GPU code name	NB9P-GS1
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	13 March 2008 (16 years ago)
Current price	$180	of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

GeForce 9650M GS's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce 9650M GS's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	32	of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
CUDA cores	32
Core clock speed	625 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Number of transistors	289 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	of 4 (Radeon 780M)
Power consumption (TDP)	29 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	10.00	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)
Floating-point performance	80 gflops	of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce 9650M GS's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce 9650M GS: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR2?, GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)
Shared memory	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce 9650M GS. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors

No outputs

API support

APIs supported by GeForce 9650M GS, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	4.0
OpenGL	3.3	of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCL	1.1
Vulkan	N/A
CUDA	1.1

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce 9650M GS. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

9650M GS 0.70

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

9650M GS 270

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

9650M GS 1786

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce 9650M GS is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

Full HD
Medium Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7

Full HD
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4
Metro Exodus	1−2
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	3−4
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4
Hitman 3	3−4
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2
Far Cry 5	1−2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2
Hitman 3	1−2
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8

4K
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5	3−4
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6

Relative performance

Overall GeForce 9650M GS performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook video cards.

GeForce 9700M GTS 102.86

Radeon HD 6370M 101.43

GeForce Go 7900 GTX 100

GeForce 9650M GS 100

Radeon HD 7400G 98.57

GeForce Go 7950 GTX 97.14

HD Graphics 2500 97.14

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce 9650M GS is Radeon HD 7400G, which is slower by 1% and lower by 2 positions in our ranking.