GeForce 9500M GS vs GTX 1080 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	126	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	91.79	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	G8x (2007−2008)
GPU code name	N17E-G3	NB9P-GE1
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	16 August 2016 (7 years ago)	1 February 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$499.99	no data
Current price	$230 (0.5x MSRP)	$180

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	2560	32
CUDA cores	2560	32
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	475 MHz
Boost clock speed	1733 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	7,200 million	289 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	20 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	94 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	283.4	7.600
Floating-point performance	9,068 gflops	60.8 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile and GeForce 9500M GS compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	medium sized
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
SLI options	+	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	GDDR5	GDDR2 / GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	10 GB/s	700 MHz
Memory bandwidth	320 GB/s	22.4 GB/s
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 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Supported technologies

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

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

API compatibility

List of supported graphics 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	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	+	1.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	16 August 2016	1 February 2008
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	16 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	20 Watt

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