Broadwater vs GeForce 9500M GE

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	no data	Generation 4.0 (2006−2007)
GPU code name	MCP79Mx + NB9M	Broadwater
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	9 January 2008 (16 years ago)	no data
Current price	$163	no data

Detailed specifications

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 cores	24	no data
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	no 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 type	GDDR2, GDDR3	no data
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	no data
Memory bus width	64 Bit	no data
Shared memory	+	no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	10.0	9.0c
Shader Model	no data	3.0
OpenGL	no data	2.0
OpenCL	no data	N/A
Vulkan	no data	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

65 nm

90 nm

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