GeForce 7025 + nForce 630a vs 9500 GT

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1248not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.59no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameG96C67
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 July 2008 (16 years ago)1 February 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$85.99 no data

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 cores32no data
Core clock speed550 MHz425 MHz
Number of transistors314 million112 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate9.6000.43
Floating-point processing power0.096 TFLOPSno data
ROPs81
TMUs161

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 x16PCI
Length175 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)no data

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 ConnectorsDual Link DVISingle Link DVINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model4.03.0
OpenGL2.12.1
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 July 2008 1 February 2006
Chip lithography 65 nm 90 nm

9500 GT has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 38.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9500 GT and GeForce 7025 + nForce 630a. We've got no test results to judge.


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