GeForce 9500 GT Rev. 3 vs 8500 GT
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1293 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.01 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 1.04 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | G86 | G96C |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 17 April 2007 (18 years ago) | 29 July 2008 (17 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $129 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 cores | 16 | 32 |
| Core clock speed | 459 MHz | 550 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 210 million | 314 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 3.672 | 8.800 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.02938 TFLOPS | 0.0896 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| TMUs | 8 | 16 |
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 1.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 229 mm | 175 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
| 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 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 512 MB |
| Standard memory config per GPU | 256 MB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 400 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 12.8 GB/s | 25.6 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 | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 1.1 | 1.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 17 April 2007 | 29 July 2008 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 80 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | 50 Watt |
8500 GT has 66.7% lower power consumption.
9500 GT Rev. 3, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 45.5% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 8500 GT and GeForce 9500 GT Rev. 3. We've got no test results to judge.
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