GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition vs ATI Mobility 128 M3
Contents
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 | no data | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | M3 | G96C |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 February 2000 (25 years ago) | 19 May 2010 (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 cores | no data | 32 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 550 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 105 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 314 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | no data | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 8.800 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.0896 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 8 |
| TMUs | no data | 16 |
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 | no data | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 145 mm |
| 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 | DDR | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 MB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 105 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 25.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | no data | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DDR | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | no data | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 1.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 February 2000 | 19 May 2010 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 MB | 512 MB |
9500 GT Mac Edition has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between Mobility 128 M3 and GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Mobility 128 M3 is a notebook graphics card while GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition is a desktop one.
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