NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT vs ATI Radeon HD 4550

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking1158not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameRV710G96
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date30 September 2008 (15 years old)29 July 2008 (15 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$59 $85.99
Current price$116 (2x MSRP)$153 (1.8x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores8032
CUDA coresno data32
Core clock speed600 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors242 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rate4.8008.8 billion/sec
Floating-point performance96 gflops89.6 gflops

Size and 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
Length168 mm6.875" (17.5 cm)
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
SLI optionsno data+

Memory

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 typeDDR2GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1310 MHz800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory bandwidth10.48 GB/s25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)

Video outputs and ports

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 HDMI, 1x DisplayPortDual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataS/PDIF

API support

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.14.0
OpenGL3.32.1
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDAno data+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

ATI HD 4550 235
+53.6%
9500 GT 153

Radeon HD 4550 outperforms GeForce 9500 GT by 54% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 30 September 2008 29 July 2008
Cost $59 $85.99
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 50 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 4550 and GeForce 9500 GT. We've got no test results to judge.


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