GeForce 9500M GE vs Radeon R5 230
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1304 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.95 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | no data |
| GPU code name | Caicos | MCP79Mx + NB9M |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Design | reference | no data |
| Release date | 3 April 2014 (12 years ago) | 9 January 2008 (18 years ago) |
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 | 160 | 24 |
| Number of transistors | 370 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 19 Watt | 25 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 5.000 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.2 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | no data |
| TMUs | 8 | no data |
| L1 Cache | 16 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 128 KB | no data |
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 support | PCIe 1.0 x4 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | no data |
| Length | 168 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | N/A | no data |
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 | GDDR2, GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 10.67 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | no data | - |
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 | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | no data |
| Eyefinity | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
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 and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DirectX® 11 | 10.0 |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | no data |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 April 2014 | 9 January 2008 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 19 Watt | 25 Watt |
R5 230 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 63% more advanced lithography process, and 32% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 230 and GeForce 9500M GE. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon R5 230 is a desktop graphics card while GeForce 9500M GE is a notebook one.
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