GeForce 9500 GT vs Radeon R5 230

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R5 230 and GeForce 9500 GT, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R5 230
2014
4 GB DDR3, 19 Watt
0.57
+32.6%

R5 230 outperforms 9500 GT by a substantial 33% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking12091248
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.060.59
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameCaicosG96
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date3 April 2014 (10 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 cores16032
Core clock speedno data550 MHz
Number of transistors370 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)19 Watt50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rate5.0009.600
Floating-point processing power0.2 TFLOPS0.096 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs816

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).

Bus supportPCIe 1.0 x4no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length168 mm175 mm
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsN/ANone
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 typeDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory bandwidth10.67 GB/s25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)

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

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire+-
​PowerPlay+no data
DDMA audio-no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1111.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.04.0
OpenGL4.42.1
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R5 230 0.57
+32.6%
9500 GT 0.43

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

R5 230 221
+33.9%
9500 GT 165

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.57 0.43
Recency 3 April 2014 29 July 2008
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 19 Watt 50 Watt

R5 230 has a 32.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 62.5% more advanced lithography process, and 163.2% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R5 230 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9500 GT in performance tests.


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