GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile vs 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 efficiency0.58no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameG96GB207
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date29 July 2008 (16 years ago)2025
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 cores322560
Core clock speed550 MHz2235 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2520 MHz
Number of transistors314 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology65 nm0 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt115 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate9.600201.6
Floating-point processing power0.096 TFLOPS12.9 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs1680
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

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 5.0 x16
Length175 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data
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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)224.0 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 ConnectorsDual Link DVISingle Link DVI1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.8
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+10.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 115 Watt

9500 GT has 130% lower power consumption.

RTX 5050 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9500 GT and GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9500 GT is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile is a notebook one.


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