ATI Radeon 9500 PRO vs HD Graphics (Haswell)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics (Haswell) with Radeon 9500 PRO, including specs and performance data.

HD Graphics (Haswell)
2012
0.84
+664%

HD Graphics (Haswell) outperforms ATI 9500 PRO by a whopping 664% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking11361445
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGen. 7.5 Haswell (2012)Rage 8 (2002−2007)
GPU code nameHaswell GT1R300
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 October 2012 (12 years ago)1 October 2002 (22 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 cores10no data
Core clock speed200 MHz275 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data110 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm150 nm
Texture fill rateno data2.200
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data8

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).

Interfaceno dataAGP 8x
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 typeno dataDDR
Maximum RAM amountno data128 MB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data270 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data8.64 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 data1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.19.0 (9_0)
OpenGLno data2.0
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD60−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3 0−1
Hitman 3 5−6 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+675%
4−5
−675%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3 0−1
Hitman 3 5−6 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+675%
4−5
−675%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Hitman 3 5−6 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+675%
4−5
−675%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Hitman 3 7−8 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4 0−1

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3 0−1

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.84 0.11
Recency 1 October 2012 1 October 2002
Chip lithography 22 nm 150 nm

HD Graphics (Haswell) has a 663.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, and a 581.8% more advanced lithography process.

The HD Graphics (Haswell) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 9500 PRO in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics (Haswell) is a notebook card while Radeon 9500 PRO is a desktop one.


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