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NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT

The Nvidia GeForce 9650M GT is a DirectX 10 graphics card for notebooks and  technically a higher clocked 9600M GT. It is produced in 55nm and therefore the current consumption is similar to the 9600M GT which is produced in 65nm. As the 9600M GT it features the PureVideo HD video processor (VP3) and HybridPower support.

In conjunction with the Nvidia 9100M G integrated graphics, the 9650M GT supports Hybrid-SLI (only HybridPower). HybridPower is a technique to choose between the integrated and dedicated graphics core, if performance or battery runtime is needed. This works only in Windows Vista. Up to now the user has to use a tool to switch between the GPUs. Later Nvidia wants to switch automatically in the drivers. GeForceBoost is not supported with this card, as there would be no performance gain.

As the 8600M GT and 9600M GT, the 9650M GT features 32 stream processors that do the graphic work of the vertex- and pixel-shaders.

The performance of the 9650M GT should be somewhere near the 9650M GS because of the high shader clock rate (with GDDR3). According to Zepto (first manufacturer who announced the card) the 9650M GT should be up to 20% faster than a 9600M GT (in 3DMark06).

Compared to desktop graphics cards, the 9650M GT is similar to the GeForce 9500GT (which also descends from the G96 core). The desktop CPU 9600 GT has a 256 bit memory bus and is therefore much faster.

ManufacturerNVIDIA
SeriesGeForce 9M
CodenameNB9P-GT
Pipelines32 - unified
Core Speed *550 MHz
Shader Speed *1325 MHz
Memory Speed *800 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR2, GDDR3
Max. Amount of Memory1024 MB
Shared Memoryno
DirectXDirectX 10, Shader 4.0
Current Consumption23 Watt
Transistors314 Million
technology55 nm
FeaturesPCI-E 2.0, 400 MHz Speichertaktung bei GDDR2, 800 MHz bei GDDR3, PureVideo HD Technologie (VP3), Hybrid SLI mit HybridPower (mit aktuellen nVidia Chipsätzen).
Notebook Sizemedium sized
Date of Announcement19.08.2008
Link to Manufacturer Page
* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.

benchmarks

3DMark 2001: - Standard 1024x768
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      min: 22522, avg: 24042, max: 26575 Points
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3DMark 03: - Standard 1024x768
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      min: 12933, avg: 13029, max: 13117 Points
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3DMark 05: - Standard 1024x768
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      min: 8350, avg: 8387, max: 8454 Points
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3DMark 06:
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      min: 4166, avg: 4943, max: 6000 Points
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Cinebench R10: - Shading
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      min: 3542, avg: 3798, max: 4138 Points
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3DMark Vantage: - P Result 1280x1024
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      min: 1306, avg: 1306, max: 1306 Points
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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
Based on 29 benchmarks

Game Benchmarks

Crysis - GPU Benchmark
Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)
low:
32.2 33.1 48.9 50.9 51.7 ~ 43 fps
med.:
19.1 19.6 22.2 22.5 26.8 ~ 22 fps
high:
11.8 12.1 12.3 12.5 13.9 ~ 13 fps
» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Crysis - CPU Benchmark
Crysis - CPU Benchmark (2007)
low:
32.3 33.2 46.5 49 49.7 ~ 42 fps
med.:
18.3 18.6 21.4 21.7 25.2 ~ 21 fps
high:
11 11.2 11.5 11.5 12.8 ~ 12 fps
» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
World in Conflict - Benchmark
World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)
med.:
38  fps
high:
13  fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R. (2005)
low:
226 376 472 ~ 358 fps
med.:
27 120 130 ~ 92 fps
high:
27 41 41 ~ 36 fps
» With most tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
Doom 3
Doom 3 (2004)
low:
59.6 59.8 ~ 60 fps
med.:
59.2 59.8 ~ 60 fps
high:
57.4 58.7 ~ 58 fps
ultra:
56.4 58.4 ~ 57 fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)
high:
464.3 469.1 581.9 ~ 505 fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.

For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List

Notebook reviews with NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT graphics card

Asus L50VN (Intel Core 2 Duo T9400, 15.4")
» Asus L50VN - External Review

Asus M50V (Intel Core 2 Duo T9400, 15.4")
» Review Asus M50V Notebook - Review

Asus M50VN (Intel Core 2 Duo T9400, 15.4")
» Asus M50VN - External Review

Asus M70VN (Intel Core 2 Duo P8600, 17.1")
» Review Asus M70V Notebook - Review
» Asus M70VN - External Review

Asus N80VN (Intel Core 2 Duo P7350, 14.1")
» Asus N80VN - External Review

Asus X57VN (Intel Core 2 Duo T5800, 15.4")
» Asus X57VN - External Review

 

Author: Klaus Hinum (Update: 2009-11-19)