L40 vs GeForce 9650M GS

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1168not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.68no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameG84AD102
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date13 March 2008 (16 years ago)13 October 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores3218176
Core clock speed625 MHz735 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2490 MHz
Number of transistors289 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)29 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate10.001,414
Floating-point processing power0.08 TFLOPS90.52 TFLOPS
ROPs8192
TMUs16568
Tensor Coresno data568
Ray Tracing Coresno data142

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 16-pin

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB48 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s864.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputs4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.7
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.18.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 March 2008 13 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 48 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 29 Watt 300 Watt

9650M GS has 934.5% lower power consumption.

L40, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, a 9500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1900% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9650M GS and L40. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9650M GS is a notebook card while L40 is a workstation one.


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