GeForce GTS 150M: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
GeForce GTS 150M provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 1.31% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 4090.
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 ranking | 1031 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Power efficiency | 2.00 | of 100.00 (Radeon 890M) |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | |
| GPU code name | G94 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Release date | 3 March 2009 (15 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 cores | 64 | of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090) |
| Core clock speed | 400 MHz | of 2670 MHz (Arc B580) |
| Number of transistors | 505 million | of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 12.80 | of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.128 TFLOPS | of 109.7 (GeForce RTX 5090) |
| Gigaflops | 192 | |
| ROPs | 16 | of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX) |
| TMUs | 32 | of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
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 size | large | |
| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
| SLI options | 2-way | |
| MXM Type | MXM 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 type | GDDR3 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | Up to 800 MHz | of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile) |
| Memory bandwidth | 51 GB/s | of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| 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 Connectors | DisplayPortHDMIDual Link DVILVDSSingle Link DVIVGA | |
| HDMI | + | |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
| Audio input for HDMI | S/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 management | 8.0 |
API compatibility
APIs supported by GeForce GTS 150M, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090) |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| Vulkan | N/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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
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.
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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 | 4−5 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 6−7 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 4−5 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 3−4 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3 | |
| Hitman 3 | 6−7 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 14−16 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 8−9 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 30−35 |
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 6−7 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 4−5 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 3−4 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3 | |
| Hitman 3 | 6−7 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 14−16 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 8−9 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10−12 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 30−35 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 6−7 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 4−5 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3 | |
| Hitman 3 | 6−7 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 14−16 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 8−9 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10−12 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 30−35 |
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3 |
1440p
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 1−2 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 2−3 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 0−1 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2 | |
| Hitman 3 | 7−8 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 5−6 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 6−7 |
1440p
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 4−5 |
4K
High Preset
| Far Cry New Dawn | 0−1 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 1−2 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 0−1 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 |
4K
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 3−4 |
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GTS 150M is Radeon R7 M260, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.
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