GeForce 9500M GE vs Quadro P400

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	755	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.00	no data
Power efficiency	10.31	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	no data
GPU code name	GP107	MCP79Mx + NB9M
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	7 February 2017 (9 years ago)	9 January 2008 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$119.99	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

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	256	24
Core clock speed	1228 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1252 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	3,300 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	25 Watt
Texture fill rate	20.03	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.641 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	no data
TMUs	16	no data
L1 Cache	96 KB	no data
L2 Cache	512 KB	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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	GDDR5	GDDR2, GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1002 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	32.06 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

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

3x mini-DisplayPort

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API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	10.0
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	-
CUDA	6.1	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	7 February 2017	9 January 2008
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	25 Watt