Radeon Pro 5600M vs GeForce 9500 GT Rev. 2
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 289 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 34.19 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) |
| GPU code name | G96B | Navi 12 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 29 July 2008 (17 years ago) | 15 June 2020 (5 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 | 2560 |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1030 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 314 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 9.600 | 164.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.096 TFLOPS | 5.274 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 64 |
| TMUs | 16 | 160 |
| L2 Cache | 32 KB | 4 MB |
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 size | no data | medium sized |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 175 mm | no data |
| 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 | GDDR3 | HBM2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 2048 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 770 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 28.8 GB/s | 394.2 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2 |
| CUDA | 1.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 29 July 2008 | 15 June 2020 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 7 nm |
Pro 5600M has an age advantage of 11 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 829% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 9500 GT Rev. 2 and Radeon Pro 5600M. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 9500 GT Rev. 2 is a desktop graphics card while Radeon Pro 5600M is a mobile workstation one.
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