NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS

The Nvidia GeForce 9300M GS is a DirectX 10 capable graphics adapter for small and thin notebooks.

Compared to the old 8400M series or the 9300M G, the 9300M GS features only 8 unified shaders and is produced in 65nm. Furthermore, it integrates the new VP3 video processor (8400M, 9300M G had VP2) with more video features and better hd-video decoding support.

In conjunction with the Nvidia 9100M G integrated graphics, the 9300M GS supports Hybrid-SLI (HybridPower and GeForceBoost). 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 uses the integrated graphics core of the 9100M G and the dedicated of the 9300M in SLI mode to achieve better frame rates.

As the 8400M G, the 9300M GS features 8 stream processors that do the work of the former dedicated pixel- and vertex-shaders. The unified shaders of Nvidia are 1-dimensional (AMD has 5-dimensional shaders which leads to the higher number of shaders).

Compared to the old 8400M G, the 9300M GS has a higher core speed and is therefore faster. Modern DirectX 10 games will run only in low details and resolutions. Older DirectX 9 games, like HalfLife 2 or Far Cry run fluently in medium to high details.

Compared to desktop graphics cards, the upcoming 9300 GE / GS should be similar, as it will also stem from the G98 core. Still the desktop counterparts are usually higher clocked and therefore faster.

GeForce 9300M Series

GeForce 9300M G	16 @ 0.4 GHz	64 Bit @ 600 MHz
GeForce 9300M GS	8 @ 0.55 GHz	64 Bit @ 700 MHz

Codename

NB9M-GS

Pipelines

8 - unified

Core Speed

550 MHz

Shader Speed

1400 MHz

Memory Speed

700 MHz

Memory Bus Width

64 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR2, GDDR3

Max. Amount of Memory

256 MB

Shared Memory

API

DirectX 10, Shader 4.0

Power Consumption

13 Watt

technology

65 nm

Date of Announcement

04.06.2008

Link to Manufacturer Page

www.nvidia.com

Benchmarks

3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +

3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total

267 Points (0%)

+ 1 benchmarks and specifications + Show comparison chart

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Nexoc Osiris E623 GT	T5800	GeForce 9300M GS 580 / 400 MHz 0.3 GB	2 GB	267

3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +

3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX

204 Points (0%)

+ 1 benchmarks and specifications - Hide comparison chart

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Nexoc Osiris E623 GT	T5800	GeForce 9300M GS 580 / 400 MHz 0.3 GB	2 GB	204

ATI Radeon HD 3200

62 -70%

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M GeForceBoost

96 -53%

112 -45%

172 -16%

179 -12%

179.5 -12%

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics

202.7 -1%

NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS

204

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450

234 15%

NVIDIA GeForce G 103M

281 38%

NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS

286 40%

AMD Radeon HD 6250

363 78%

AMD Radeon HD 6290

414 103%

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE)

465 128%

AMD Radeon HD 7290

466 128%

Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail)

512 151%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330

515 152%

...

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop

151016 73927%

max:

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

173912 85151%

100%

3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard

min: 12674 avg: 13794 median: 13583 (14%) max: 15634 Points

+ 8 benchmarks and specifications + Show comparison chart

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Asus F70Sl	T5900	GeForce 9300M GS 580 / 400 MHz 0.5 GB	4 GB	12674
Lenovo IdeaPad Y530	P7350	GeForce 9300M GS 0.3 GB	3 GB	12912
Nexoc Osiris E623 GT	T5800	GeForce 9300M GS 580 / 400 MHz 0.3 GB	2 GB	12930
HP Pavilion dv3640ew	P7450	GeForce 9300M GS		13287
Lenovo Thinkpad SL500	P8400	GeForce 9300M GS 580 / 702 MHz 0.3 GB	2 GB	13879
Asus U6V	T9400	GeForce 9300M GS 0.3 GB	4 GB	13928
Lenovo Thinkpad SL400 2743-22U	P8400	GeForce 9300M GS 580 / 702 MHz 0.3 GB	2 GB	15106
Dell Vostro 1320	P8600	GeForce 9300M GS 580 / 702 MHz 0.3 GB	4 GB	15634

3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard

min: 5288 avg: 5805 median: 5352 (3%) max: 6511 Points

+ 7 benchmarks and specifications + Show comparison chart

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Lenovo IdeaPad Y530	P7350	GeForce 9300M GS 0.3 GB	3 GB	5288
Nexoc Osiris E623 GT	T5800	GeForce 9300M GS 580 / 400 MHz 0.3 GB	2 GB	5303
Asus U6V	T9400	GeForce 9300M GS 0.3 GB	4 GB	5348
Asus F70Sl	T5900	GeForce 9300M GS 580 / 400 MHz 0.5 GB	4 GB	5352
Lenovo Thinkpad SL500	P8400	GeForce 9300M GS 580 / 702 MHz 0.3 GB	2 GB	6370
Lenovo Thinkpad SL400 2743-22U	P8400	GeForce 9300M GS 580 / 702 MHz 0.3 GB	2 GB	6462
Dell Vostro 1320	P8600	GeForce 9300M GS 580 / 702 MHz 0.3 GB	4 GB	6511

3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard

min: 3198 avg: 3435 median: 3299 (4%) max: 3896 Points

+ 7 benchmarks and specifications - Hide comparison chart

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Nexoc Osiris E623 GT	T5800	GeForce 9300M GS 580 / 400 MHz 0.3 GB	2 GB	3198
Lenovo IdeaPad Y530	P7350	GeForce 9300M GS 0.3 GB	3 GB	3241
HP Pavilion dv3640ew	P7450	GeForce 9300M GS		3250
Asus U6V	T9400	GeForce 9300M GS 0.3 GB	4 GB	3299
Asus F70Sl	T5900	GeForce 9300M GS 580 / 400 MHz 0.5 GB	4 GB	3311
Lenovo Thinkpad SL400 2743-22U	P8400	GeForce 9300M GS 580 / 702 MHz 0.3 GB	2 GB	3853
Dell Vostro 1320	P8600	GeForce 9300M GS 580 / 702 MHz 0.3 GB	4 GB	3896

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500

133.4 -96%

...

AMD Radeon HD 7310

3153 -8%

Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail)

3195 -7%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430

3207 -7%

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600

3241 -6%

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M

3265 -5%

NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G

3270 -5%

NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M

3290 -4%

NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M

3372 -2%

NVIDIA ION 2

3385 -1%

NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS

3435

NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS

3495 2%

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M

3587 4%

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

3587 4%

AMD Radeon HD 6310

3593 5%

ATI Mobility FireGL V5200

3629 6%

ATI Mobility Radeon X1600

3708 8%

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800

3800 11%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470

3854 12%

AMD Radeon HD 8210

3881 13%

...

AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT

69623 1927%

max:

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super

87172 2438%

100%

3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +

3DMark 06

1465 Points (2%)

+ 1 benchmarks and specifications + Show comparison chart

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024
Nexoc Osiris E623 GT (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024)	T5800	GeForce 9300M GS 580 / 400 MHz 0.3 GB	2 GB	1465

3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800 +

3DMark 06

min: 1806 avg: 1962 median: 1856.5 (2%) max: 2227 Points

+ 6 benchmarks and specifications + Show comparison chart

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800
Nexoc Osiris E623 GT (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800)	T5800	GeForce 9300M GS 580 / 400 MHz 0.3 GB	2 GB	1806
Asus U6V (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800)	T9400	GeForce 9300M GS 0.3 GB	4 GB	1832
Lenovo IdeaPad Y530 (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800)	P7350	GeForce 9300M GS 0.3 GB	3 GB	1834
HP Pavilion dv3640ew (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800)	P7450	GeForce 9300M GS		1879
Lenovo Thinkpad SL400 2743-22U (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800)	P8400	GeForce 9300M GS 580 / 702 MHz 0.3 GB	2 GB	2191
Dell Vostro 1320 (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800)	P8600	GeForce 9300M GS 580 / 702 MHz 0.3 GB	4 GB	2227

3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x768 +

3DMark 06

1961 Points (3%)

+ 1 benchmarks and specifications + Show comparison chart

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x768
Asus F70Sl (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x768)	T5900	GeForce 9300M GS 580 / 400 MHz 0.5 GB	4 GB	1961

Windows Vista Experience Index - Windows Vista Leistungsindex - Grafik (Spiele)

min: 4.8 avg: 5 median: 5 (73%) max: 5.1 Points

+ 2 benchmarks and specifications + Show comparison chart

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Nexoc Osiris E623 GT	T5800	GeForce 9300M GS 580 / 400 MHz 0.3 GB	2 GB	4.8
Lenovo Thinkpad SL400 2743-22U	P8400	GeForce 9300M GS 580 / 702 MHz 0.3 GB	2 GB	5.1

Windows Vista Experience Index - Windows Vista Leistungsindex - Grafik

min: 3.6 avg: 4 median: 4 (59%) max: 4.4 Points

+ 2 benchmarks and specifications + Show comparison chart

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Nexoc Osiris E623 GT	T5800	GeForce 9300M GS 580 / 400 MHz 0.3 GB	2 GB	3.6
Lenovo Thinkpad SL400 2743-22U	P8400	GeForce 9300M GS 580 / 702 MHz 0.3 GB	2 GB	4.4

Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +

Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)

min: 2200 avg: 2607 median: 2561 (2%) max: 2921 points

+ 7 benchmarks and specifications + Show comparison chart

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Asus U6V	T9400	GeForce 9300M GS 0.3 GB	4 GB	2200
Asus F70Sl	T5900	GeForce 9300M GS 580 / 400 MHz 0.5 GB	4 GB	2387
Nexoc Osiris E623 GT	T5800	GeForce 9300M GS 580 / 400 MHz 0.3 GB	2 GB	2519
Lenovo IdeaPad Y530	P7350	GeForce 9300M GS 0.3 GB	3 GB	2561
Lenovo Thinkpad SL400 2743-22U	P8400	GeForce 9300M GS 580 / 702 MHz 0.3 GB	2 GB	2796
Dell Vostro 1320	P8600	GeForce 9300M GS 580 / 702 MHz 0.3 GB	4 GB	2864
Lenovo Thinkpad SL500	P8400	GeForce 9300M GS 580 / 702 MHz 0.3 GB	2 GB	2921

- Range of benchmark values

- Average benchmark values
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Far Cry 2

2008

33 fps + Compare

7 fps + Compare

» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.

Crysis Warhead

2008

22 fps + Compare

2 fps + Compare

» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.

Supreme Commander - FA Bench

2007

6 fps + Compare

» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.

Crysis - GPU Benchmark

2007

28.8 fps + Compare

5 fps + Compare

» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.

Additional Benchmarks

Med 0xAF 0xAA 1280x1024

9.3

World in Conflict - Benchmark

2007

12 fps + Compare

6 fps + Compare

» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.

Additional Benchmarks

Medium 0xAF 0xAA 1280x800

High 2xAF 2xAA 1280x800

The Elder Scrolls IV - Oblivion

2006

20 fps + Compare

» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark

2005

56 fps + Compare

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

1999

208.9 211.8 214.7 ~ 212 fps + Compare

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.

	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
Far Cry 2	33		7
Crysis Warhead	22			2
Supreme Commander - FA Bench			6
Crysis - GPU Benchmark	28.76		5.02
Crysis - CPU Benchmark	25.9	9.1	4.75
World in Conflict - Benchmark		12	6
The Elder Scrolls IV - Oblivion			20
Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark			56
F.E.A.R.	290	54	19
Doom 3	111	113	81	53
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo			212
	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
< 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps	3 1 1 1	2 1 1	7 1 1 1	1 1

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

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Game Performance

The following values are based on the 9300M GS card with 256MB GDDR2 and a 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo and should give a good impression on the gaming performance of the card.

Supreme Commander: 1024x768, low: 15-30 fps - > playable (Skirmish 1vs1)
Fifa 2009: 1024x768, high: 10-40 fps -> playable, replays stutter
Spore: 1024x768, med -> playable
Crysis Warhead: 800x600, low: 33 fps -> playable
World in Conflict: 800x600, low: 66 fps -> smooth playable (Benchmark, game also playable in higher settings)
Half Life 2 - Lost Coast: 1024x768, high: 60 fps -> smooth playable
Far Cry 2: 640x480, low: 20 fps -> barely playable

Coral Reef HD 1080p video: 22% CPU -> stutter free playback