ATI Wii GPU vs GeForce 9500M GS

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code nameG84Hollywood
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 February 2008 (16 years ago)19 November 2006 (17 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 speed475 MHz243 MHz
Number of transistors289 million107 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate7.6000.97
Floating-point processing power0.0608 TFLOPSno data
ROPs84
TMUs164

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16IGP

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB64 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz243 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s3.888 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)N/A
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.3N/A
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 February 2008 19 November 2006
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 64 MB
Chip lithography 80 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 45 Watt

9500M GS has an age advantage of 1 year, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 12.5% more advanced lithography process, and 125% lower power consumption.

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