NVIDIA GeForce 9500M G 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)G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code nameTrinityNB9P
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date26 September 2012 (11 years old)3 June 2008 (15 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$53 no data
Current price$215 (4.1x MSRP)$1279
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 cores12816
CUDA coresno data16
Core clock speed614 MHz500 MHz
Boost clock speed724 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,303 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate6.4004.000
Floating-point performanceno data40 gflops
Gigaflopsno data60

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 7480D and GeForce 9500M G compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfaceIGPPCIe 2.0 x16
WidthIGPno 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 SharedGDDR2, GDDR3
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared1 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared800 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s
Shared memory+-

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 outputsNo outputs

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
OpenGL4.43.3
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
+130%
9500M G 121

Radeon HD 7480D outperforms GeForce 9500M G by 130% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 26 September 2012 3 June 2008
Maximum RAM amount System Shared 1 GB
Chip lithography 32 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 20 Watt

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

Be aware that Radeon HD 7480D is a desktop card while GeForce 9500M G is a notebook one.


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