NVIDIA started GeForce 9500M G sales 3 June 2008. This is a Tesla architecture notebook card based on 65 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 512 MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 0.8 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 25.6 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Power consumption is at 20 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce 9500M G: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	1317
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.06	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	G96
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	3 June 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

GeForce 9500M G's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce 9500M G's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	16	of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed	500 MHz	of 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Number of transistors	314 million	of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	4.000	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power	0.04 TFLOPS	of 109.7 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Gigaflops	60
ROPs	8	of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs	8	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce 9500M G and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce 9500M G: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce 9500M G. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce 9500M G, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	4.0
OpenGL	3.3	of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCL	1.1
Vulkan	N/A
CUDA	+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce 9500M G. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

9500M G 0.31

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

9500M G 121

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce 9500M G is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3
Hitman 3	4−5
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3
Hitman 3	4−5
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3
Hitman 3	4−5
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

Closest competitors

GeForce 9500M G's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook graphics cards.

GeForce 310M 100

GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE) 100

GeForce GT 220M 100

GeForce 9500M G 100

GeForce 9200M GS 100

GeForce 315M 96.77

GeForce Go 7800 96.77

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce 9500M G is Radeon HD 6310, which is faster by 3% and higher by 6 positions in our ranking.