ATI Radeon X1950 XT vs GeForce 9500 GS

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1228not rated
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)17 October 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 MHz625 MHz
Number of transistors314 million384 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt96 Watt
Texture fill rate8.80010.00
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 typeDDR2GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed504 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth16.13 GB/s57.6 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-Video2x DVI, 1x S-Video

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-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 July 2008 17 October 2006
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB
Chip lithography 65 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 96 Watt

9500 GS has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 38.5% more advanced lithography process, and 140% lower power consumption.

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