GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB vs 9500 GS

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated344
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data13.22
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameG96GP106
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date29 July 2008 (16 years ago)27 June 2017 (7 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 cores321280
Core clock speed550 MHz1063 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1480 MHz
Number of transistors314 million4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate8.800118.4
Floating-point processing power0.088 TFLOPS3.789 TFLOPS
ROPs848
TMUs1680

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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
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 typeDDR2GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed504 MHz2002 MHz
Memory bandwidth16.13 GB/s192.2 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.4
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA1.16.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

9500 GS 185
GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB 5891
+3084%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 July 2008 27 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 6 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 80 Watt

9500 GS has 100% lower power consumption.

GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 306.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9500 GS and GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9500 GS is a desktop card while GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 6 GB is a notebook one.


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