RTX A500 vs GeForce 9200

Place in the ranking	1242	308
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.77	20.40
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	C79	GA107
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	17 April 2007 (17 years ago)	10 November 2021 (3 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	16	2048
Core clock speed	450 MHz	1440 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1770 MHz
Number of transistors	314 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	3.600	113.3
Floating-point processing power	0.0352 TFLOPS	7.25 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	32
TMUs	8	64
Tensor Cores	no data	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16

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	PCI	PCIe 4.0 x8
Width	IGP	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	4 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	112.0 GB/s

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 Connectors

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

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.0	6.7
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6

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.

GeForce 9200 0.44

RTX A500 17.55
+3889%

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.

GeForce 9200 169

RTX A500 6771
+3907%

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	0.44	17.55
Recency	17 April 2007	10 November 2021
Chip lithography	65 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	60 Watt

GeForce 9200 has 50% lower power consumption.

RTX A500, on the other hand, has a 3888.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, and a 712.5% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A500 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9200 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 9200 is a desktop card while RTX A500 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.