GeForce 9500 GT vs Radeon R9 390

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 390 and GeForce 9500 GT, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R9 390
2015
0 MB GDDR5, 275 Watt
23.11
+5274%

R9 390 outperforms 9500 GT by a whopping 5274% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking2431248
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation11.78no data
Power efficiency5.760.59
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGrenadaG96
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date18 June 2015 (9 years ago)29 July 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329 $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 cores256032
Core clock speedno data550 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistors6,200 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)275 Watt50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rate160.09.600
Floating-point processing power5.12 TFLOPS0.096 TFLOPS
ROPs648
TMUs16016

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 supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length275 mm175 mm
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pinNone
SLI options-+
Bridgeless CrossFire+-

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
High bandwidth memory (HBM)-no data
Maximum RAM amount0 MB1 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory bandwidth384 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortDual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
Eyefinity+-
Number of Eyefinity displays6no data
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
DisplayPort support+-
Audio input for HDMIno dataS/PDIF

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-
PowerTune+-
TrueAudio+-
VCE+-
DDMA audio+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1211.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.34.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan+N/A
Mantle+-
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.

R9 390 23.11
+5274%
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.

R9 390 8904
+5296%
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 23.11 0.43
Recency 18 June 2015 29 July 2008
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 275 Watt 50 Watt

R9 390 has a 5274.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

9500 GT, on the other hand, has 450% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R9 390 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9500 GT in performance tests.


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