Radeon HD 8740 OEM 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 | 1287 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.66 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | G96 | Cape Verde |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 29 July 2008 (17 years ago) | 5 September 2013 (11 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $85.99 | $109 |
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 | 512 |
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 314 million | 1,500 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 55 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 9.600 | 25.60 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.096 TFLOPS | 0.8192 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 16 |
| TMUs | 16 | 32 |
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 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 175 mm | 168 mm |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | 1-slot |
| 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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz | 1125 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2) | 72 GB/s |
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 | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | + |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
| Audio input for HDMI | S/PDIF | no data |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 29 July 2008 | 5 September 2013 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 55 Watt |
9500 GT has 10% lower power consumption.
HD 8740 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 9500 GT and Radeon HD 8740 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
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