Radeon E6465 vs GeForce 9500 GS

Place in the ranking	1228	1203
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.89	1.65
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	G96	Caicos
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	29 July 2008 (16 years ago)	29 September 2015 (9 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 cores	32	160
Core clock speed	550 MHz	600 MHz
Number of transistors	314 million	370 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	25 Watt
Texture fill rate	8.800	4.800
Floating-point processing power	0.088 TFLOPS	0.192 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	4
TMUs	16	8

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 2.0 x16
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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	DDR2	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	504 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	16.13 GB/s	25.6 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 Connectors

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.0	5.0
OpenGL	3.3	4.4
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	1.1	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

9500 GS 0.52

Radeon E6465 0.60
+15.4%

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 201

Radeon E6465 231
+14.9%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.52	0.60
Recency	29 July 2008	29 September 2015
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	2 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	25 Watt

Radeon E6465 has a 15.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 62.5% more advanced lithography process, and 60% lower power consumption.

The Radeon E6465 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9500 GS in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 9500 GS is a desktop card while Radeon E6465 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.