ATI 3D Rage LT PRO AGP vs GeForce 9500M GE
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| GPU code name | MCP79Mx + NB9M | Rage LT |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 9 January 2008 (16 years ago) | 1 November 1997 (27 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 cores | 24 | no data |
| Core clock speed | no data | 75 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 8 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 350 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 0.08 |
| ROPs | no data | 1 |
| TMUs | no data | 1 |
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).
| Interface | no data | AGP 2x |
| Width | no data | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 type | GDDR2, GDDR3 | SDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 8 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 100 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 800 MB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.0 | 6.0 |
| OpenGL | no data | 1.1 |
| OpenCL | no data | None |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 9 January 2008 | 1 November 1997 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 8 MB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 350 nm |
9500M GE has an age advantage of 10 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 438.5% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 9500M GE and 3D Rage LT PRO AGP. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 9500M GE is a notebook card while 3D Rage LT PRO AGP is a desktop one.
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