GeForce 9500 GT Rev. 3 vs RTX 3080 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking88not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2022)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGN20-E7 GA104G96C
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)29 July 2008 (15 years ago)

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 cores614432
Core clock speed780 - 1100 MHz550 MHz
Boost clock speed1245 - 1710 MHzno data
Number of transistors17,400 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt (80 - 150 Watt TGP)50 Watt
Texture fill rate296.68.800

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile and GeForce 9500 GT Rev. 3 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data175 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR6GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount16 GB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz1600 MBps
Memory bandwidth384.0 GB/s25.6 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 outputs2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.54.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan1.2N/A
CUDA8.61.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 January 2021 29 July 2008
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 8 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 50 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile and GeForce 9500 GT Rev. 3. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce 9500 GT Rev. 3 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
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