GeForce 9650M GS vs Quadro 400

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Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated1133
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.01
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)G8x (2007−2008)
GPU code nameGT216NB9P-GS1
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date5 April 2011 (13 years ago)13 March 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$169 no data
Current price$217 (1.3x MSRP)$180

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores4832
CUDA coresno data32
Core clock speed450 MHz625 MHz
Number of transistors486 million289 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)32 Watt29 Watt
Texture fill rate7.20010.00
Floating-point performance108 gflops80 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro 400 and GeForce 9650M GS compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length163 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR3GDDR2?, GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1540 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.32 GB/s25.6 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.14.0
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.21.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


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%

Quadro 400 148
9650M GS 270
+82.4%

GeForce 9650M GS outperforms Quadro 400 by 82% in Passmark.

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 April 2011 13 March 2008
Chip lithography 40 nm 80 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 32 Watt 29 Watt

We couldn't decide between Quadro 400 and GeForce 9650M GS. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro 400 is a workstation card while GeForce 9650M GS is a notebook one.


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