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NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE

The NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE is a graphics card released on June 1, 2008, built on the Tesla architecture using a 55 nm process. It has 8 shading units, 256 MB of DDR2 memory on a 64-bit bus, 6.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 540 MHz and a 50 W board power rating. It scores 115 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.

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9/10 key specs recorded · 28 facts

Depth: 36 recorded fields, 2 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 9 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

8cores

Memory

256 MB

DDR2 · 64-bit

Boost clock

n/a

540 MHz base

Board power

50 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE scores 115 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 18.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,360), measured across 243 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 34.

PassMark G3D Mark

115

Rank #2,360
Faster than 18.5% of 2,658 GPUs
243 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 3 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 4.1% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 3 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 26.9% of 1,602 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE averages DirectX 9 3 fps and DirectX 10 3 fps, across 243 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Max memory 256 MB

Core clock 540 MHz

Memory clock 1000 MHz

DirectX 10

OpenGL 3.3

First benchmarked 2009-04-02

Samples 243

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 256 MB of memory, a core clock of 540 MHz, DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3, first benchmarked on 2009-04-02. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Tesla

Codename G98

Chip Not recorded

Process node 55 nm

Transistors 210 M

Die size 80 mm²

The NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE is based on the Tesla architecture, uses the G98 graphics processor, is manufactured on a 55 nm process, contains 210 million transistors and has a die size of 80 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units 8

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 4

Render output units (ROPs) 4

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE has 8 shading units, 4 texture mapping units and 4 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE.

Clock speeds

Base clock 540 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE runs at a base clock of 540 MHz.

Memory

Size 256 MB

Type DDR2

Bus width 64-bit

Bandwidth 6.4 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE is equipped with 256 MB of DDR2 memory, uses a 64-bit memory bus and delivers 6.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE has a board power rating of 50 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 50 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Market

Launched June 1, 2008

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce 9 Series

The NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE was released on June 1, 2008.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 115

PassMark G2D 34

Rank #2,360

Samples 243

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.

DirectX 10 (stated by PassMark)

OpenGL 3.3 (stated by PassMark)

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE have?

The NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE has 256 MB of DDR2 memory on a 64-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 6.4 GB/s.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE has a board power rating of 50 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE?

The NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE scores 115 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 18.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #2,360.

What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE use?

The NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

When was the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE released?

The NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE was released on June 1, 2008.

Corrections to this record

After an audit, 1 value on the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE record was corrected and 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.