GeForce 9500 GT vs Quadro FX 4800

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking820not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.04no data
Power efficiency1.17no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGT200BG96
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date11 November 2008 (15 years ago)29 July 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,799 $85.99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores19232
Core clock speed602 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rate38.539.600
Floating-point processing power0.4623 TFLOPS0.096 TFLOPS
ROPs248
TMUs6416

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length267 mm175 mm
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone
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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB1 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory bandwidth76.8 GB/s25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)

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 Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-VideoDual 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.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.04.0
OpenGL3.32.1
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.3+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

FX 4800 978
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9500 GT 163

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 November 2008 29 July 2008
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 50 Watt

FX 4800 has an age advantage of 3 months, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 18.2% more advanced lithography process.

9500 GT, on the other hand, has 200% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 4800 and GeForce 9500 GT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 4800 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 9500 GT is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800
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