RTX A4500 Mobile vs GeForce 9500 GT Rev. 3

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated76
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data22.50
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG96CGA104
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date29 July 2008 (16 years ago)22 March 2022 (2 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 cores325888
Core clock speed550 MHz930 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1500 MHz
Number of transistors314 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt140 Watt
Texture fill rate8.800276.0
Floating-point processing power0.0896 TFLOPS17.66 TFLOPS
ROPs896
TMUs16184
Tensor Coresno data184
Ray Tracing Coresno data46

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 4.0 x16
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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s512.0 GB/s
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-VideoPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.7
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.18.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 July 2008 22 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 140 Watt

9500 GT Rev. 3 has 180% lower power consumption.

RTX A4500 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 587.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9500 GT Rev. 3 and RTX A4500 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9500 GT Rev. 3 is a desktop card while RTX A4500 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT Rev. 3
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NVIDIA RTX A4500 Mobile
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