GeForce 9500 GT vs GTX 1060 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	276	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	24.41	no data
Power efficiency	18.09	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	GP106	G96
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	15 August 2016 (8 years ago)	29 July 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$237.11	$85.99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	1280	32
CUDA cores	1280	32
Core clock speed	1506 MHz	550 MHz
Boost clock speed	1708 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	4,400 million	314 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C	105 °C
Texture fill rate	133.6	9.600
Floating-point processing power	4.275 TFLOPS	0.096 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	8
TMUs	80	16

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 size	large	no data
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	175 mm
Height	no data	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None
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 type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory bandwidth	192 GB/s	25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors	DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Multi monitor support	+	+
HDMI	-	+
HDCP	2.2	-
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
G-SYNC support	+	-
Audio input for HDMI	no data	S/PDIF

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream	+	-
GPU Boost	3.0	no data
VR Ready	+	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	6.4	4.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	+	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	15 August 2016	29 July 2008
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	16 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	50 Watt

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