GeForce 9500 GT vs Radeon R3E Mobile Graphics
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1315 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 0.71 |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | Beema | G96 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 28 January 2015 (11 years ago) | 29 July 2008 (17 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 | 128 | 32 |
| Core clock speed | 351 MHz | 550 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 930 million | 314 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Texture fill rate | 2.808 | 9.600 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.08986 TFLOPS | 0.096 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| TMUs | 8 | 16 |
| L2 Cache | no data | 32 KB |
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).
| Interface | IGP | 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 | System Shared | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2) |
| Shared memory | + | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip 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 and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
| CUDA | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 28 January 2015 | 29 July 2008 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 50 Watt |
R3E Mobile Graphics has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 132% more advanced lithography process.
9500 GT, on the other hand, has 100% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R3E Mobile Graphics and GeForce 9500 GT. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon R3E Mobile Graphics is a notebook graphics card while GeForce 9500 GT is a desktop one.
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