GeForce RTX 3060 GDDR6X vs 9500 GS

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG96GA104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 July 2008 (16 years ago)2022 (2 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 cores323584
Core clock speed550 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1777 MHz
Number of transistors314 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt195 Watt
Texture fill rate8.800199.0
Floating-point processing power0.088 TFLOPSno data
ROPs848
TMUs16112

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 4.0 x16
Lengthno data242 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 12-pin

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 typeDDR2GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount512 MB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed504 MHz19 GB/s
Memory bandwidth16.13 GB/s304.1 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.7
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.18.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 195 Watt

9500 GS has 387.5% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 GDDR6X, on the other hand, has a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 712.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9500 GS and GeForce RTX 3060 GDDR6X. We've got no test results to judge.


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