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NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Graphics Processor
G96
Cores
32
TMUs
16
ROPs
8
Memory Size
512 MB
Memory Type
GDDR3
Bus Width
128 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
The GeForce 9500 GT was a graphics card by NVIDIA, launched on July 29th, 2008. Built on the 65 nm process, and based on the G96 graphics processor, the card supports DirectX 11.1. Even though it supports DirectX 11, the feature level is only 10_0, which can be problematic with many DirectX 11 & DirectX 12 titles. The G96 graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 144 mm² and 314 million transistors. It features 32 shading units, 16 texture mapping units, and 8 ROPs. NVIDIA has paired 512 MB GDDR3 memory with the GeForce 9500 GT, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 600 MHz, memory is running at 1000 MHz.
Being a single-slot card, the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 50 W maximum. Display outputs include: 2x DVI, 1x S-Video. GeForce 9500 GT is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 2.0 x16 interface.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
G96
Architecture
Tesla
Foundry
UMC
Process Size
65 nm
Transistors
314 million
Density
2.2M / mm²
Die Size
144 mm²

Graphics Card

Release Date
Jul 29th, 2008
Generation
GeForce 9
(9500)
Predecessor
GeForce 8
Successor
GeForce 200
Production
End-of-life
Bus Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
Reviews
22 in our database

Relative Performance

GeForce 210
48%
GeForce 9400 GT
62%
Radeon HD 4550
76%
Radeon HD 5450
98%
GeForce 9500 GT
100%
Radeon HD 6450
115%
GeForce GT 520
121%
GeForce GT 220
150%
GeForce GT 430
196%
Radeon HD 5570
199%
Radeon HD 4670
216%
GeForce GT 440
228%
GeForce GT 240
232%
GeForce 9600 GT
267%
Radeon HD 5670
284%
GeForce GT 640
304%
GeForce 9800 GT
314%
Radeon HD 6670
327%
Radeon HD 4830
337%
Radeon HD 4770
360%
Radeon HD 4850
379%
GeForce GTS 250
388%
GeForce GTS 450
400%
Radeon HD 5750
414%
Radeon HD 7750
472%
Radeon HD 5770
476%
GeForce GTX 260
485%
Radeon HD 4870
491%
Radeon Vega 8
492%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
497%
GeForce GTX 650
501%
Radeon HD 5830
530%
Radeon HD 6790
557%
Radeon HD 4890
567%
GeForce GTX 460
588%
Radeon RX Vega 11
592%
GeForce GT 1030
598%
GeForce GTX 275
603%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
605%
GeForce GTX 280
607%
GeForce GTX 465
618%
Radeon HD 6850
648%
GeForce GTX 285
661%
Radeon HD 5850
709%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
722%
Radeon HD 7790
722%
Radeon RX 550
752%
GeForce GTX 470
754%
Radeon HD 6870
781%
Radeon HD 5870
834%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
860%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
864%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
880%
Radeon HD 6950
884%
GeForce GTX 295
915%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
927%
Radeon HD 7850
933%
GeForce GTX 480
950%
Radeon HD 6970
993%
Radeon R7 265
1013%
Radeon RX 460
1029%
Radeon R7 370
1029%
GeForce GTX 660
1033%
GeForce GTX 570
1036%
Radeon RX 560
1053%
GeForce GTX 950
1118%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
1128%
Radeon R9 270X
1155%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
1170%
GeForce GTX 580
1175%
GeForce GTX 1050
1184%
Radeon HD 7950
1187%
GeForce GTX 1630
1209%
Radeon HD 5970
1210%
GeForce GTX 760
1244%
GeForce GTX 670
1339%
GeForce GTX 960
1374%
Radeon R9 380
1409%
Radeon R9 285
1418%
Radeon HD 7970
1432%
GeForce GTX 680
1447%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
1480%
GeForce GTX 770
1519%
Radeon HD 6990
1554%
Radeon R9 280X
1592%
GeForce GTX 590
1614%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
1615%
GeForce GTX 780
1789%
Arc A380
1792%
Radeon RX 6400
1816%
GeForce GTX 1650
1853%
Radeon RX 470
1969%
Radeon R9 290
1996%
Radeon RX 570
2104%
Radeon R9 390
2130%
Radeon R9 290X
2141%
GeForce GTX 970
2170%
GeForce GTX TITAN
2199%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
2228%
Radeon R9 390X
2260%
Radeon HD 7990
2270%
Radeon RX 480
2281%
GeForce GTX 690
2300%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
2362%
Radeon RX 5500 OEM
2394%
Radeon RX 580
2423%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
2442%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
2463%
GeForce GTX 980
2474%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
2495%
Radeon R9 FURY
2506%
Radeon RX 590
2617%
Radeon R9 295X2
2756%
GeForce GTX 1660
2771%
Radeon R9 FURY X
2804%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
2851%
GeForce GTX TITAN X
2925%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
3013%
GeForce GTX 1070
3182%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
3182%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
3233%
Radeon RX Vega 56
3387%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
3592%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
3646%
Radeon RX Vega 64
3695%
GeForce GTX 1080
3746%
GeForce RTX 2060
3746%
Radeon RX 5700
3900%
Arc A580
3909%
Radeon RX 6600
4071%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
4208%
GeForce RTX 2070
4263%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
4266%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
4350%
Arc A750
4492%
Radeon VII
4516%
TITAN X Pascal
4633%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
4680%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
4773%
Arc A770
4820%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
4824%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
5074%
Radeon RX 7600
5131%
GeForce RTX 4060
5155%
GeForce RTX 2080
5189%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
5294%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
5440%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
5573%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
5769%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
6123%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
6190%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
6236%
GeForce RTX 3070
6526%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
6983%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
7057%
Radeon RX 6800
7194%
GeForce RTX 4070
7971%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
8171%
GeForce RTX 3080
8482%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
8567%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
8804%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
9247%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
9423%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
9501%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
9513%
GeForce RTX 3090
9680%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
9924%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
10841%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
11133%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
11229%
GeForce RTX 4080
12606%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
12795%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
12917%
GeForce RTX 4090
15837%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
600 MHz
Shader Clock
1500 MHz
Memory Clock
1000 MHz
2 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
512 MB
Memory Type
GDDR3
Memory Bus
128 bit
Bandwidth
32.00 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
32
TMUs
16
ROPs
8
SM Count
4
L2 Cache
32 KB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
4.800 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
9.600 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
96.00 GFLOPS

Board Design

Slot Width
Single-slot
TDP
50 W
Suggested PSU
250 W
Outputs
2x DVI
1x S-Video
Power Connectors
None
Board Number
P727 SKU 1

Graphics Features

DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
Vulkan
N/A
CUDA
1.1
Shader Model
4.0

G96 GPU Notes

PureVideo HD: VP2
VDPAU: Feature Set A

Latest Drivers:
Windows 2000:
Quadro Release 261.19

Windows XP / Server 2003 x64:
GeForce Release 185.81 (Notebooks)
GeForce Release 340.52
Quadro Release R319 U2 (321.01)
Tesla Release 258.96

Windows Vista:
GeForce Release 307.83 (Notebooks)
GeForce Release 342.01
Quadro Release R340 U15 (342.01)
Tesla Release 258.96

Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10:
GeForce Release 342.01
Quadro Release R340 U15 (342.01)
Tesla Release 258.96
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