ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition vs GeForce 9500 GS

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 9500 GS and Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

9500 GS
2008
512 MB DDR2, 40 Watt
0.52
+33.3%

9500 GS outperforms ATI X1950 CrossFire Edition 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 ranking12281258
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.89no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code nameG96R580+
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 July 2008 (16 years ago)10 September 2006 (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 cores32no data
Core clock speed550 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors314 million384 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Wattno data
Texture fill rate8.80010.40
Floating-point processing power0.088 TFLOPSno data
ROPs816
TMUs1616

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 1.0 x16
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-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 typeDDR2GDDR4
Maximum RAM amount512 MB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed504 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth16.13 GB/s64 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 DVI, 1x VHDCI

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model4.03.0
OpenGL3.32.0
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

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.

9500 GS 0.52
+33.3%
ATI X1950 CrossFire Edition 0.39

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.

9500 GS 201
+33.1%
ATI X1950 CrossFire Edition 151

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 0.52 0.39
Recency 29 July 2008 10 September 2006
Chip lithography 65 nm 90 nm

9500 GS has a 33.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 38.5% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce 9500 GS is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition in performance tests.


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