Radeon RX 570X Mobile vs 9500

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Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRage 8 (2002−2006)Polaris (2016−2019)
GPU code nameR300Polaris
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 March 2003 (21 year ago)10 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Current price$143 $268

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data2048
Core clock speed275 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1168 MHz
Number of transistors110 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology150 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12 Watt65-110 Watt
Texture fill rate1.100no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon 9500 and Radeon RX 570X Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

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 typeDDRGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount64 MB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed540 MHz7000 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

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSyncno data+

API compatibility

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

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

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2003 10 January 2019
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 65 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon 9500 and Radeon RX 570X Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 9500 is a desktop card while Radeon RX 570X Mobile is a notebook one.


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