ATI Radeon HD 4350 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4350 and NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

ATI Radeon HD 4350

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4350

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
2.5x more pipelines: 80 vs 32
Around 7% better floating-point performance: 96 gflops vs 89.6 gflops
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 50 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 / 512 MB

Launch date	30 September 2008 vs 29 July 2008
Pipelines	80 vs 32
Floating-point performance	96 gflops vs 89.6 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 / 512 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

2.3x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 83% higher texture fill rate: 8.8 billion / sec vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 164 vs 135
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 33 vs 28
Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1505 vs 894
Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1505 vs 894

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.8 billion / sec vs 4.8 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	164 vs 135
PassMark - G2D Mark	33 vs 28
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1505 vs 894
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1505 vs 894

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4350
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

135

164

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

894

1505

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

894

1505

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4350	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	135	164
PassMark - G2D Mark	28	33
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	894	1505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	894	1505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		56.838

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4350	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV710	G96C
Launch date	30 September 2008	29 July 2008
Place in performance rating	1666	1667
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$85.99
Price now		$85.99
Value for money (0-100)		4.13
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	1400 MHz
Floating-point performance	96 gflops	89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	80	32
Texture fill rate	4.8 GTexel / s	8.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	242 million	314 million
CUDA cores		32
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		6.875" (17.5 cm)
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 / 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA
SLI