GeForce 9500 GT vs HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) with GeForce 9500 GT, including specs and performance data.

HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
2011
0.34

9500 GT outperforms HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) by a significant 26% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking12961248
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.59
ArchitectureGen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameSandy BridgeG96
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 May 2011 (13 years ago)29 July 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$85.99

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 cores632
Core clock speed350 MHz550 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data314 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rateno data9.600
Floating-point processing powerno data0.096 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data16

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 dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data175 mm
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options-+

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 dataGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data1 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory bandwidthno data25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)
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 Connectorsno dataDual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataS/PDIF

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.111.1 (10_0)
Shader Modelno data4.0
OpenGLno data2.1
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA-+

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 HD7
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data10.75

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Hitman 3 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−25%
35−40
+25%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Hitman 3 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−25%
35−40
+25%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Hitman 3 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−25%
35−40
+25%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Hitman 3 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

This is how HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) and 9500 GT compete in popular games:

  • 9500 GT is 14% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.34 0.43
Recency 1 May 2011 29 July 2008
Chip lithography 32 nm 65 nm

HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

9500 GT, on the other hand, has a 26.5% higher aggregate performance score.

The GeForce 9500 GT is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) is a notebook card while GeForce 9500 GT is a desktop one.


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