Radeon Steam Deck 8CU vs GeForce 9500 GT Rev. 2

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9500 GT Rev. 2 9500 GT Rev. 2
Steam Deck 8CU Steam Deck 8CU

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)RDNA 2 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameG96BRDNA 2 Sephiroth
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date29 July 2008 (16 years ago)9 November 2023 (1 year 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 cores32512
Core clock speed600 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1900 MHz
Number of transistors314 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology65 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Wattno data
Texture fill rate9.600no data
Floating-point processing power0.096 TFLOPSno data
ROPs8no data
TMUs16no data

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 x16no data
Length175 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount512 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed900 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12_1
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.3no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary

Recency 29 July 2008 9 November 2023
Chip lithography 65 nm 6 nm

Steam Deck 8CU has an age advantage of 15 years, and a 983.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9500 GT Rev. 2 and Radeon Steam Deck 8CU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9500 GT Rev. 2 is a desktop card while Radeon Steam Deck 8CU is a notebook one.

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

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