A100 SXM4 80 GB vs GeForce 9500M GE
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | no data | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | MCP79Mx + NB9M | GA100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 9 January 2008 (17 years ago) | 16 November 2020 (4 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 | 24 | 6912 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 1095 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1410 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 54,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 400 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 609.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 19.49 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 160 |
| TMUs | no data | 432 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 432 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 20.3 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 40 MB |
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 | no data | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | GDDR2, GDDR3 | HBM2e |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 80 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 5120 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 1593 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 2,039 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 | no data | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.0 | N/A |
| Shader Model | no data | N/A |
| OpenGL | no data | N/A |
| OpenCL | no data | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 8.0 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 9 January 2008 | 16 November 2020 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 80 GB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 400 Watt |
9500M GE has 1500% lower power consumption.
A100 SXM4 80 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, a 31900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 9500M GE and A100 SXM4 80 GB. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 9500M GE is a notebook graphics card while A100 SXM4 80 GB is a workstation one.
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