Jetson Orin NX 16 GB vs GeForce 9500M GS

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1292not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.20no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG84GA10B
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 February 2008 (16 years ago)February 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$599

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 cores321024
Core clock speed475 MHz918 MHz
Number of transistors289 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology80 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate7.60029.38
Floating-point processing power0.0608 TFLOPS1.88 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs1632
Tensor Coresno data32

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 sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x4

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 typeGDDR3LPDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s102.4 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.7
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.18.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 25 Watt

9500M GS has 25% lower power consumption.

Jetson Orin NX 16 GB, on the other hand, has a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9500M GS and Jetson Orin NX 16 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS
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