GeForce 9500 GT vs GTX 480

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking431not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.59no data
Power efficiency2.97no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGF100G96
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date26 March 2010 (14 years ago)29 July 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 $85.99

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 cores48032
Core clock speed700 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °C105 °C
Texture fill rate42.069.600
Floating-point processing power1.345 TFLOPS0.096 TFLOPS
ROPs488
TMUs6016

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).

Bus support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length267 mm175 mm
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone
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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB1 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1848 MHz (3696 data rate)800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory bandwidth177.4 GB/s25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)
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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Multi monitor support++
HDMI++
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x15362048x1536
Audio input for HDMIInternalS/PDIF

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.22.1
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
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.

GTX 480 4106
+2419%
9500 GT 163

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 March 2010 29 July 2008
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 50 Watt

GTX 480 has an age advantage of 1 year, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.

9500 GT, on the other hand, has 400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 480 and GeForce 9500 GT. We've got no test results to judge.


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