GeForce 9500 GT vs GTS 450 Rev. 2

GTS 450 GTS 450 OEM GTS 450 Rev. 2 GTS 450 Rev. 3
VS
9200 9300 GE 9400 GT 9500 GS 9500 GT 9600 GSO 9600 GSO 512 9600 GS OEM 9600 GT 9600 GTX 9800 GT 9800 GTX 9800 GTX+ 9800 GX2

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 and GeForce 9500 GT, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTS 450 Rev. 2
2011
1 GB GDDR5, 106 Watt
4.43
+930%

GTS 450 Rev. 2 outperforms 9500 GT by a whopping 930% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

GTS 450 Rev. 2 GTS 450 Rev. 2
9500 GT 9500 GT

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking6661248
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.870.59
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGF116G96
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date15 March 2011 (13 years ago)29 July 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$85.99

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 cores19232
Core clock speed783 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)106 Watt50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rate25.069.600
Floating-point processing power0.6013 TFLOPS0.096 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs3216

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length210 mm175 mm
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone
SLI options-+

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed902 MHz800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory bandwidth57.73 GB/s25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataS/PDIF

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.1+

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 4.43 0.43
Recency 15 March 2011 29 July 2008
Chip lithography 40 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt 50 Watt

GTS 450 Rev. 2 has a 930.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.

9500 GT, on the other hand, has 112% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9500 GT in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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Community ratings

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