GeForce 9300M GS GDDR3 vs RTX 4090 Mobile
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 18 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 41.73 | no data |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | AD103 | G98 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 3 January 2023 (1 year ago) | 4 June 2008 (16 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 cores | 9728 | 8 |
| Core clock speed | 1335 MHz | 580 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1695 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 45,900 million | 210 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 13 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 515.3 | 2.320 |
| Floating-point processing power | 32.98 TFLOPS | 0.0232 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 112 | 4 |
| TMUs | 304 | 4 |
| Tensor Cores | 304 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 76 | no data |
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 size | large | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | MXM-I |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 type | GDDR6 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2250 MHz | 702 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 576.0 GB/s | 11.23 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 Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | Portable Device Dependent |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
| CUDA | 8.9 | 1.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 January 2023 | 4 June 2008 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 13 Watt |
RTX 4090 Mobile has an age advantage of 14 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1525% more advanced lithography process.
9300M GS GDDR3, on the other hand, has 823.1% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile and GeForce 9300M GS GDDR3. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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