GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile vs ATI Radeon 9500

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated213
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data29.16
ArchitectureRage 8 (2002−2007)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameR300GN20-P0-R 6 GB
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 March 2003 (21 year ago)6 January 2023 (1 year 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 coresno data2560
Core clock speed275 MHz1237 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1492 MHz
Number of transistors110 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology150 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12 Watt60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate1.100no data
ROPs4no data
TMUs4no data

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfaceAGP 8xno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount64 MB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed270 MHz12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth17.28 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Videono data

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0 (9_0)12_2
OpenGL2.0no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2003 6 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 6 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 60 Watt

ATI 9500 has 400% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 19 years, a 9500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1775% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 9500 and GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 9500 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is a notebook one.


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ATI Radeon 9500
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