Radeon RX 7900 XTX 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 rankingnot rated8
Place by popularitynot in top-10067
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data34.58
Power efficiencyno data16.35
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameG96Navi 31
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date29 July 2008 (16 years ago)3 November 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$85.99 $999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores326144
Core clock speed550 MHz1929 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2498 MHz
Number of transistors314 million57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt355 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate9.600959.2
Floating-point processing power0.096 TFLOPS61.39 TFLOPS
ROPs8192
TMUs16384
Ray Tracing Coresno data96

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
Length175 mm287 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-pin
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 GB24 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)960.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
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 Model4.06.7
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.12.2
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



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 GT 163
RX 7900 XTX 31036
+18940%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 July 2008 3 November 2022
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 355 Watt

9500 GT has 610% lower power consumption.

RX 7900 XTX, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1200% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9500 GT and Radeon RX 7900 XTX. We've got no test results to judge.


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