Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB vs GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition

Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Volta (2017−2020)
GPU code nameG96CGV100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date19 May 2010 (14 years ago)21 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 cores325120
Core clock speed550 MHz1246 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1380 MHz
Number of transistors314 million21,100 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate8.800441.6
Floating-point processing power0.0896 TFLOPS14.13 TFLOPS
ROPs8128
TMUs16320
Tensor Coresno data640

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 3.0 x16
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR3HBM2
Maximum RAM amount512 MB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz876 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s897.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

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
CUDA1.17.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 May 2010 21 June 2017
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 300 Watt

9500 GT Mac Edition has 500% lower power consumption.

Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 358.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition and Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition is a desktop card while Tesla V100 PCIe 16 GB is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition
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