GeForce 9600 GTX vs HD Graphics 500

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1153not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency8.80no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.0 (2015−2016)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameApollo Lake GT1G92
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 September 2015 (9 years ago)27 May 2009 (15 years 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 cores9696
Core clock speed200 MHz580 MHz
Boost clock speed650 MHzno data
Number of transistors189 million754 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt140 Watt
Texture fill rate7.80027.84
Floating-point processing power0.1248 TFLOPS0.2784 TFLOPS
ROPs216
TMUs1248

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).

InterfaceRing BusPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

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 typeDDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount8 GB512 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared700 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data44.8 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.44.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL3.01.1
Vulkan1.3N/A
CUDA-1.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2015 27 May 2009
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 140 Watt

HD Graphics 500 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 1300% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 500 and GeForce 9600 GTX. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 500 is a notebook card while GeForce 9600 GTX is a desktop one.


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