NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS
The NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS is a graphics card released on January 1, 2008, built on the Tesla architecture. It has 32 shading units, 512 MB of GDDR3 memory on a 128-bit bus, 25.6 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 625 MHz and a 29 W board power rating. It scores 270 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.
Depth: 32 recorded fields
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.
Performance
The NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS scores 270 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 27.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,115), measured across 5 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 328.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 512 MB of memory, a core clock of 625 MHz, DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3, first benchmarked on 2009-04-29. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Graphics processor
The NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS is based on the Tesla architecture and uses the NB9P-GS1(G84) graphics processor.
Shader configuration
The NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS has 32 shading units, 16 texture mapping units and 8 render output units.
The NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS 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 9650M GS. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS.
Clock speeds
The NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS runs at a base clock of 625 MHz.
Memory
The NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS is equipped with 512 MB of GDDR3 memory, uses a 128-bit memory bus and delivers 25.6 GB/s of memory bandwidth.
Board and power
The NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS has a board power rating of 29 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.
Market
The NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS was released on January 1, 2008.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.
Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS.
Naming and aliases
The NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1).
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS have?
The NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS has 512 MB of GDDR3 memory on a 128-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s.
How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS use and what power supply does it need?
The NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS has a board power rating of 29 W.
How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS?
The NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS scores 270 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 27.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #2,115.
What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS use?
The NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.
When was the NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS released?
The NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS was released on January 1, 2008.
Corrections to this record
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- Architecture: Tesla (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip G84 -> Tesla. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).
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