ATI Radeon 9500 vs GeForce GTX 675MX Mac Edition
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | Rage 8 (2002−2007) |
| GPU code name | GK104 | R300 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 April 2013 (11 years ago) | 1 March 2003 (21 year ago) |
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 | 1344 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 719 MHz | 275 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,540 million | 110 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 12 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 80.53 | 1.100 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.933 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | 4 |
| TMUs | 112 | 4 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | AGP 8x |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 64 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 270 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 160.0 GB/s | 17.28 GB/s |
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 | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 9.0 (9_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | N/A |
| CUDA | 3.0 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 April 2013 | 1 March 2003 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 64 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 12 Watt |
GTX 675MX Mac Edition has an age advantage of 10 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.
ATI 9500, on the other hand, has 733.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 675MX Mac Edition and Radeon 9500. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 675MX Mac Edition is a notebook card while Radeon 9500 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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