GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile vs 9500 GT

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated213
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data29.16
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG96GN20-P0-R 6 GB
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date29 July 2008 (16 years ago)6 January 2023 (1 year 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 cores322560
Core clock speed550 MHz1237 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1492 MHz
Number of transistors314 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology65 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno 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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length175 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slotno data
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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)no 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 ConnectorsDual Link DVISingle Link DVIno data
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)12_2
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL2.1no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 July 2008 6 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 60 Watt

9500 GT has 20% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 712.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9500 GT and GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9500 GT is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
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