GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile vs 9500M G

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated210
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data29.87
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG96GN20-P0-R 6 GB
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 June 2008 (16 years ago)6 January 2023 (1 year ago)

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 cores162560
Core clock speed500 MHz1237 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1492 MHz
Number of transistors314 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology65 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate4.000no data
Floating-point processing power0.04 TFLOPSno data
Gigaflops60no data
ROPs8no data
TMUs8no 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 sizemedium sizedlarge
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data

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 amount512 MB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsno 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
OpenGL3.3no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 June 2008 6 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 6 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 60 Watt

9500M G has 200% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 712.5% more advanced lithography process.

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


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NVIDIA GeForce 9500M G
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