GeForce 9500 GT vs Radeon HD 6530M

Place in the ranking	1032	1246
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	3.43	0.59
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	Capilano	G96
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	26 November 2010 (14 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	400	32
Core clock speed	450 MHz	550 MHz
Number of transistors	627 million	314 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	26 Watt	50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	105 °C
Texture fill rate	9.000	9.600
Floating-point processing power	0.36 TFLOPS	0.096 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	8
TMUs	20	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	medium sized	no data
Interface	MXM-II	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
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	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 outputs	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 compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.0	4.0
OpenGL	4.4	2.1
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	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.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5
+300%

1−2

−300%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	2−3	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +230%	10−11 −230%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	2−3	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +267%	3−4 −267%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +230%	10−11 −230%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	2−3	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +267%	3−4 −267%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +230%	10−11 −230%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
+300%

1−2

−300%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

0−1

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.28	0.42
Recency	26 November 2010	29 July 2008
Chip lithography	40 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	26 Watt	50 Watt

HD 6530M has a 204.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 62.5% more advanced lithography process, and 92.3% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 6530M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9500 GT in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6530M 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.