GeForce Go 6250 vs 9500 GT

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	G96	NV44M1
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	29 July 2008 (15 years ago)	1 February 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$85.99	no data
Current price	$153 (1.8x MSRP)	no data

Detailed Specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	32	7
CUDA cores	32	no data
Core clock speed	550 MHz	3 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	400 MHz
Number of transistors	314 million	75 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	10 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	8.8 billion/sec	1.600
Floating-point performance	89.6 gflops	no data

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on GeForce 9500 GT and GeForce Go 6250 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	6.875" (17.5 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data
SLI options	+	no 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 type	GDDR3	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	32 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz	700 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)	5.6 GB/s
Shared memory	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 Connectors	Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	4.0	3.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

Pros & Cons Summary

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Recency	29 July 2008	1 February 2006
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	32 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	10 Watt

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