NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 50 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 / 512 MB
Around 98% higher memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 55 vs 32

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 September 2010 vs 29 July 2008
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 / 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz vs 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	55 vs 32

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

2.4x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 589 MHz
Around 87% higher texture fill rate: 8.8 billion / sec vs 4.71 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 32 vs 16
2x better floating-point performance: 89.6 gflops vs 44.86 gflops
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 172 vs 118
Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1505 vs 1017
Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1505 vs 1017

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 589 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.8 billion / sec vs 4.71 GTexel / s
Pipelines	32 vs 16
Floating-point performance	89.6 gflops vs 44.86 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	172 vs 118
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1505 vs 1017
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1505 vs 1017

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

118

172

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1017

1505

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1017

1505

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
PassMark - G2D Mark	55	32
PassMark - G3D Mark	118	172
Geekbench - OpenCL	2795
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1017	1505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1017	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)

	NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G96C
Launch date	3 September 2010	29 July 2008
Place in performance rating	1637	1666
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$85.99
Price now		$85.99
Value for money (0-100)		4.13
Technical info
Core clock speed	589 MHz	1400 MHz
Floating-point performance	44.86 gflops	89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	16	32
Texture fill rate	4.71 GTexel / s	8.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	314 million
CUDA cores		32
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	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
Length	168 mm	6.875" (17.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 / 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.64 GB / s	25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA
SLI