GeForce 9500 GT vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

Place in the ranking	646	1259
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.81	0.59
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	Broadway-XT	G96
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2010 (15 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 cores	1600	32
Core clock speed	700 MHz	550 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	314 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	105 °C
Texture fill rate	no data	9.600
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.096 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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	175 mm
Height	no data	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None
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 type	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2x1 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	25.6 (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 Connectors	no data	Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Multi monitor support	no data	+
HDMI	-	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	no data	S/PDIF

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	11	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	no data	4.0
OpenGL	no data	2.1
OpenCL	no data	1.1
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:

900p	53 +1225%	4−5 −1225%
Full HD	52 +1200%	4−5 −1200%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

no data

21.50

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	14−16 +1300%	1−2 −1300%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11	0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 +1400%	1−2 −1400%
Counter-Strike 2	14−16 +1300%	1−2 −1300%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +2000%	1−2 −2000%
Forza Horizon 5	9−10	0−1
Metro Exodus	12−14 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 +1400%	1−2 −1400%
Valorant	14−16 +1300%	1−2 −1300%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 +1400%	1−2 −1400%
Counter-Strike 2	14−16 +1300%	1−2 −1300%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11	0−1
Dota 2	16−18 +1500%	1−2 −1500%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +1100%	2−3 −1100%
Fortnite	27−30 +1350%	2−3 −1350%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +2000%	1−2 −2000%
Forza Horizon 5	9−10	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 +1500%	1−2 −1500%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	40−45 +1300%	3−4 −1300%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 +1400%	1−2 −1400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +1500%	1−2 −1500%
Valorant	14−16 +1300%	1−2 −1300%
World of Tanks	80−85 +1043%	7−8 −1043%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 +1400%	1−2 −1400%
Counter-Strike 2	14−16 +1300%	1−2 −1300%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11	0−1
Dota 2	16−18 +1500%	1−2 −1500%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +1100%	2−3 −1100%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +2000%	1−2 −2000%
Forza Horizon 5	9−10	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	40−45 +1300%	3−4 −1300%
Valorant	14−16 +1300%	1−2 −1300%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10	0−1
Dota 2	4−5	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	5−6	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−35 +1500%	2−3 −1500%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5	0−1
World of Tanks	35−40 +1067%	3−4 −1067%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6	0−1
Far Cry 5	10−11	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	8−9	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	7−8	0−1
Metro Exodus	3−4	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9	0−1
Valorant	12−14 +1200%	1−2 −1200%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 +1600%	1−2 −1600%
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 +1500%	1−2 −1500%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14−16 +1300%	1−2 −1300%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +1500%	1−2 −1500%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3	0−1
Dota 2	16−18 +1600%	1−2 −1600%
Far Cry 5	5−6	0−1
Fortnite	4−5	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	4−5	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	3−4	0−1
Valorant	4−5	0−1

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire and 9500 GT compete in popular games:

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is 1225% faster in 900p
ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is 1200% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.78	0.42
Recency	7 January 2010	29 July 2008
Chip lithography	40 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	50 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire has a 1038.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.

9500 GT, on the other hand, has 140% lower power consumption.

The Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9500 GT in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is a notebook card while GeForce 9500 GT is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.