3dfx Voodoo4-2 4200 AGP vs GeForce 9500 GT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1248not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.59no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Voodoo Scalable (2000)
GPU code nameG96VSA-101
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 July 2008 (16 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$85.99 no data

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 MHz143 MHz
Number of transistors314 million14 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate9.6000.29
Floating-point processing power0.096 TFLOPSno data
ROPs82
TMUs162

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 x16AGP 4x
Length175 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
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 typeGDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount1 GB16 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz143 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)2.288 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 ConnectorsDual Link DVISingle Link DVI1x DVI, 1x VGA
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)6.0
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL2.11.1
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 16 MB
Chip lithography 65 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 15 Watt

9500 GT has a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 176.9% more advanced lithography process.

3dfx Voodoo4-2 4200 AGP, on the other hand, has 233.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9500 GT and 3dfx Voodoo4-2 4200 AGP. We've got no test results to judge.


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