GeForce 9500 GT vs ATI FirePro V5800

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro V5800 with GeForce 9500 GT, including specs and performance data.

ATI V5800
2010
1 GB GDDR5, 74 Watt
3.28
+700%

ATI V5800 outperforms 9500 GT by a whopping 700% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking7591286
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.17no data
Power efficiency3.470.64
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameJuniperG96
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date26 April 2010 (15 years ago)29 July 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$479 $85.99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores80032
Core clock speed690 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors1,040 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)74 Watt50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rate27.609.600
Floating-point processing power1.104 TFLOPS0.096 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs4016

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length229 mm175 mm
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory bandwidth64 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, 2x DisplayPortDual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataS/PDIF

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.04.0
OpenGL4.42.1
OpenCL1.21.1
VulkanN/AN/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.

ATI V5800 3.28
+700%
9500 GT 0.41

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.

ATI V5800 1415
+691%
9500 GT 179

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 3.28 0.41
Recency 26 April 2010 29 July 2008
Chip lithography 40 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 74 Watt 50 Watt

ATI V5800 has a 700% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.

9500 GT, on the other hand, has 48% lower power consumption.

The FirePro V5800 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9500 GT in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro V5800 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 9500 GT is a desktop one.

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