GeForce 9500 GT vs ATI Radeon HD 4570

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 4570 and GeForce 9500 GT, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI HD 4570
2008
1 GB DDR2, 25 Watt
0.51
+18.6%

ATI HD 4570 outperforms 9500 GT by a moderate 19% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking12311248
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.400.59
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameRV710G96
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date25 November 2008 (16 years ago)29 July 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$85.99

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 cores8032
Core clock speed650 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors242 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rate5.2009.600
Floating-point processing power0.104 TFLOPS0.096 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs816

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 2.0 x16
Length168 mm175 mm
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
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 typeDDR2GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory bandwidth8 GB/s25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortDual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataS/PDIF

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.14.0
OpenGL3.32.1
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.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

ATI HD 4570 0.51
+18.6%
9500 GT 0.43

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.

ATI HD 4570 198
+20%
9500 GT 165

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.51 0.43
Recency 25 November 2008 29 July 2008
Chip lithography 55 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 50 Watt

ATI HD 4570 has a 18.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 months, a 18.2% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 4570 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9500 GT in performance tests.


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