GeForce GTS 150M: specs and benchmarks

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GeForce GTS 150M provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 1.14% of a leader's which is RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell.

Summary

NVIDIA started GeForce GTS 150M sales 3 March 2009. This is a Tesla architecture notebook card based on 65 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 1 GB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 0.8 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 51 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Power consumption is at 45 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce GTS 150M: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking1081
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Power efficiency2.04of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameG94
Market segmentLaptop
Release date3 March 2009 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

GeForce GTS 150M's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GTS 150M's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores64of 960 (GeForce GTX 660)
Core clock speed400 MHzof 980 (GeForce GT 755M SLI)
Number of transistors505 millionof 100,000 million (Data Center GPU Max 1100)
Manufacturing process technology65 nmof 0.003 MB (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)45 Wattof 235 (FirePro S9150)
Texture fill rate12.80of 1,968 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)
Floating-point processing power0.128 TFLOPSof 126 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)
Gigaflops192
ROPs16of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000)
TMUs32of 896 (Data Center GPU Max 1350)
L2 Cache64 KBof 408 MB (Data Center GPU Max 1350)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GTS 150M and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelarge
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16
SLI options2-way
MXM TypeMXM 3.0 Type-B

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GTS 150M: 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 typeGDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GBof 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width256 Bitof 384 (GeForce GTX 980 Ti)
Memory clock speedUp to 800 MHzof 16384000 MB (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile)
Memory bandwidth51 GB/sof 983040 MB (GeForce RTX 5080)
Shared memory-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GTS 150M. 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 ConnectorsDisplayPortHDMIDual Link DVILVDSSingle Link DVIVGA
HDMI+
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIF

Supported technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce GTS 150M. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management8.0

API and SDK support

APIs supported by GeForce GTS 150M, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.0
OpenGL2.1of 4.6 (RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell)
OpenCL1.1
VulkanN/A
CUDA+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GTS 150M. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

GTS 150M
1.14

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.

GTS 150M Samples: 1 504

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce GTS 150M 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
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
Far Cry 5 2−3
Fortnite 3−4
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
Forza Horizon 5 1−2
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
Valorant 30−35

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 27−30
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
Dota 2 16−18
Far Cry 5 2−3
Fortnite 3−4
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
Forza Horizon 5 1−2
Grand Theft Auto V 0−1
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
Metro Exodus 2−3
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
Valorant 30−35

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
Dota 2 16−18
Far Cry 5 2−3
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
Hogwarts Legacy 6−7
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
Valorant 30−35

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 3−4

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 4−5
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 8−9
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
Valorant 3−4

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
Far Cry 5 1−2
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
Hogwarts Legacy 1−2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
Valorant 6−7

4K
Ultra Preset

Dota 2 1−2
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3

Closest competitors

GeForce GTS 150M's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook graphics cards.


AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GTS 150M is Radeon HD 8650G, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 2 positions in our ranking.

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Similar GPUs

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Recommended processors

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