Radeon Graphics 128SP vs GeForce 9500 GT
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1299 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.68 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | G96 | Raphael |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 29 July 2008 (17 years ago) | 27 September 2022 (3 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 cores | 32 | 128 |
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2200 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 314 million | 3,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 9.600 | 17.60 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.096 TFLOPS | 0.5632 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 8 |
| TMUs | 16 | 8 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 2 |
| L0 Cache | no data | 32 KB |
| L1 Cache | no data | 64 KB |
| L2 Cache | 32 KB | 2 MB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Length | 175 mm | no data |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
| 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 type | GDDR3 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2) | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI | Motherboard Dependent |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
| Audio input for HDMI | S/PDIF | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 29 July 2008 | 27 September 2022 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 15 Watt |
Graphics 128SP has an age advantage of 14 years, a 1200% more advanced lithography process, and 233.3% lower power consumption.
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