ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5430 vs GeForce 9500M G
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce 9500M G and Mobility Radeon HD 5430, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
ATI Mobility HD 5430 outperforms 9500M G by a small 6% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1319 | 1304 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.07 | 3.25 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | G96 | Park |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 3 June 2008 (16 years ago) | 7 January 2010 (15 years 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 cores | 16 | 80 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 314 million | 292 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 7 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.04 TFLOPS | 0.08 TFLOPS |
| Gigaflops | 60 | no data |
| ROPs | 8 | 4 |
| TMUs | 8 | 8 |
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 size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
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 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 12.8 GB/s |
| 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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 8−9
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8−9
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
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2−3
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Full HD
Medium Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 8−9
+0%
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8−9
+0%
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+0%
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2−3
+0%
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| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
+0%
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5−6
+0%
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| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 4−5
+0%
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4−5
+0%
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Full HD
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 8−9
+0%
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8−9
+0%
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+0%
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2−3
+0%
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| Far Cry 5 | 6−7
+0%
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6−7
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| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
+0%
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5−6
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| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 6−7
−16.7%
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7−8
+16.7%
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| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 4−5
+0%
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4−5
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| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
+0%
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5−6
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| World of Tanks | 12−14
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12−14
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Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 8−9
+0%
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8−9
+0%
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+0%
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2−3
+0%
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| Far Cry 5 | 6−7
+0%
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6−7
+0%
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| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
+0%
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5−6
+0%
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| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 6−7
−16.7%
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7−8
+16.7%
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1440p
High Preset
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3
+0%
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2−3
+0%
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1440p
Ultra Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 9−10
+0%
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9−10
+0%
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| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+0%
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2−3
+0%
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| Far Cry 5 | 4−5
+0%
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4−5
+0%
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| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 2−3
+0%
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2−3
+0%
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| Valorant | 4−5
−25%
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5−6
+25%
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4K
High Preset
| Dota 2 | 14−16
+0%
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14−16
+0%
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| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
+0%
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14−16
+0%
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| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 1−2
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1−2
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| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 14−16
+0%
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14−16
+0%
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4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
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1−2
+0%
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| Dota 2 | 14−16
+0%
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14−16
+0%
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| Valorant | 1−2
+0%
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1−2
+0%
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Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Valorant, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 5430 is 25% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- ATI Mobility HD 5430 is ahead in 3 tests (9%)
- there's a draw in 29 tests (91%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.31 | 0.33 |
| Recency | 3 June 2008 | 7 January 2010 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 7 Watt |
ATI Mobility HD 5430 has a 6.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 62.5% more advanced lithography process, and 185.7% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between GeForce 9500M G and Mobility Radeon HD 5430.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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