P102-101 vs GeForce 9500 GT
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1326 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.71 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Pascal (2016−2021) |
| GPU code name | G96 | GP102 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 29 July 2008 (18 years ago) | 2018 (8 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $85.99 | no data |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 32 | 3200 |
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz | 1557 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1670 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 314 million | 11,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 16 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 250 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 9.600 | 334.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.096 TFLOPS | 10.69 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 80 |
| TMUs | 16 | 200 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 1.2 MB |
| L2 Cache | 32 KB | 2.5 MB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Length | 175 mm | 267 mm |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 2x 8-pin |
| SLI options | + | - |
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 | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 10 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 320 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz | 2002 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2) | 320.3 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI | No outputs |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
| Audio input for HDMI | S/PDIF | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | + | 6.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 10 GB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 16 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 250 Watt |
9500 GT has 400% lower power consumption.
P102-101, on the other hand, has a 900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 306% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 9500 GT and P102-101. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 9500 GT is a desktop graphics card while P102-101 is a workstation one.
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