NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 450 MHz
4.9x more texture fill rate: 8.8 billion / sec vs 1.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 172 vs 79
5.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1505 vs 277
5.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1505 vs 277

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 July 2008 vs 18 January 2006
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.8 billion / sec vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	172 vs 79
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1505 vs 277
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1505 vs 277

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS

2.2x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 47 vs 32

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	47 vs 32

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

172

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1505

277

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1505

277

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	172	79
PassMark - G2D Mark	32	47
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	0.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	56.838
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1505	277
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1505	277

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G96C	G72
Launch date	29 July 2008	18 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$85.99
Place in performance rating	1666	1682
Price now	$85.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	4.13
Technical info
Core clock speed	1400 MHz	450 MHz
CUDA cores	32
Floating-point performance	89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	8.8 billion / sec	1.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	112 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	6.875" (17.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 / 512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2
Technologies
CUDA
SLI