NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT vs AMD Radeon HD 7480D

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking1123not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTerascale 3 (2010−2013)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameTrinityG96
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date26 September 2012 (11 years old)29 July 2008 (15 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$53 $85.99
Current price$215 (4.1x MSRP)$153 (1.8x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores12832
CUDA coresno data32
Core clock speed614 MHz550 MHz
Boost clock speed724 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,303 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rate6.4008.8 billion/sec
Floating-point performanceno data89.6 gflops

Size and 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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data6.875" (17.5 cm)
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
WidthIGP1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI optionsno data+

Memory

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared1 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory bandwidthno data25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)
Shared memory+no data

Video outputs and ports

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 ConnectorsNo outputsDual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMIno data+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataS/PDIF

API support

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.04.0
OpenGL4.42.1
OpenCL1.21.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDAno data+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

HD 7480D 278
+81.7%
9500 GT 153

Radeon HD 7480D outperforms GeForce 9500 GT by 82% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 26 September 2012 29 July 2008
Cost $53 $85.99
Maximum RAM amount System Shared 1 GB
Chip lithography 32 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 50 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7480D and GeForce 9500 GT. We've got no test results to judge.


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