Radeon 9500 vs R2 Graphics

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Rage 8 (2002−2006)
GPU code name	Beema	R300
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	27 February 2015 (9 years ago)	1 March 2003 (21 year ago)
Current price	$289	$143

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 cores	128	no data
Core clock speed	351 MHz	275 MHz
Number of transistors	930 million	110 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	12 Watt
Texture fill rate	2.808	1.100
Floating-point performance	179.2 gflops	no data

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).

Interface	IGP	AGP 8x
Width	IGP	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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 type	System Shared	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	64 MB
Memory bus width	System Shared	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	540 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	17.28 GB/s

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 Connectors

No outputs

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API support

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	9.0 (9_0)
Shader Model	6.3	no data
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
OpenCL	2.0	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	27 February 2015	1 March 2003
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	64 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	12 Watt

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