GeForce 9500 GT Rev. 3 vs 210 Rev. 2

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Contents

210 Rev. 2 210 Rev. 2
9500 GT Rev. 3 9500 GT Rev. 3

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGT218G96C
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date12 October 2009 (14 years ago)29 July 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 cores1632
Core clock speed520 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors260 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)31 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate4.1608.800
Floating-point processing power0.03936 TFLOPS0.0896 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs816

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length168 mm175 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s25.6 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.14.0
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.21.1

Pros & cons summary

Recency 12 October 2009 29 July 2008
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 31 Watt 50 Watt

210 Rev. 2 has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 61.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 210 Rev. 2 and GeForce 9500 GT Rev. 3. We've got no test results to judge.

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Community ratings

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