GeForce 9500 GT vs Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) with GeForce 9500 GT, including specs and performance data.

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
2020
15 Watt
6.07
+1312%

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) outperforms 9500 GT by a whopping 1312% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking5871251
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency27.860.59
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameVega RenoirG96
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2020 (5 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 cores38432
Core clock speed400 MHz550 MHz
Boost clock speed1500 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data314 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rateno data9.600
Floating-point processing powerno data0.096 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data16

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data175 mm
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
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 typeno dataGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data1 GB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory bandwidthno data25.6 (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 Connectorsno dataDual 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.

DirectX12_111.1 (10_0)
Shader Modelno data4.0
OpenGLno data2.1
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA-+

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD21
+2000%
1−2
−2000%
1440p22
+2100%
1−2
−2100%
4K17
+1600%
1−2
−1600%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data85.99
1440pno data85.99
4Kno data85.99

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 14−16 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 11 0−1
Elden Ring 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
Counter-Strike 2 14−16 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 9 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 26
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
Metro Exodus 14 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 22
+2100%
1−2
−2100%
Valorant 25
+2400%
1−2
−2400%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
Counter-Strike 2 8 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3 0−1
Dota 2 24
+2300%
1−2
−2300%
Elden Ring 8 0−1
Far Cry 5 26
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
Fortnite 35−40
+1700%
2−3
−1700%
Forza Horizon 4 21
+2000%
1−2
−2000%
Grand Theft Auto V 15
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 39
+1850%
2−3
−1850%
Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
+1700%
1−2
−1700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
Valorant 12 0−1
World of Tanks 56
+1767%
3−4
−1767%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
Counter-Strike 2 14−16 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14 0−1
Dota 2 40
+1900%
2−3
−1900%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+2700%
1−2
−2700%
Forza Horizon 4 18
+1700%
1−2
−1700%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 50−55
+1567%
3−4
−1567%
Valorant 19
+1800%
1−2
−1800%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 6−7 0−1
Elden Ring 7−8 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 6−7 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35−40
+1750%
2−3
−1750%
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6 0−1
World of Tanks 40−45
+1367%
3−4
−1367%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 10−11 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 9−10 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6 0−1
Far Cry 5 12−14 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 10−11 0−1
Metro Exodus 7−8 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8 0−1
Valorant 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2 16−18
+1600%
1−2
−1600%
Elden Ring 3−4 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
+1600%
1−2
−1600%
Metro Exodus 2−3 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 16−18
+1600%
1−2
−1600%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+1600%
1−2
−1600%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Dota 2 19
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
Far Cry 5 7−8 0−1
Fortnite 5−6 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 5−6 0−1
Valorant 6−7 0−1

This is how RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and 9500 GT compete in popular games:

  • RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 2000% faster in 1080p
  • RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 2100% faster in 1440p
  • RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 1600% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.07 0.43
Recency 7 January 2020 29 July 2008
Chip lithography 7 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 50 Watt

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has a 1311.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 828.6% more advanced lithography process, and 233.3% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9500 GT in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a notebook card while GeForce 9500 GT is a desktop one.


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