NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • 3.1x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • 4x more pipelines: 32 vs 8
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 166 vs 68
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1505 vs 512
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1505 vs 512
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 July 2008 vs 3 June 2008
Core clock speed 1400 MHz vs 450 MHz
Pipelines 32 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 166 vs 68
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1505 vs 512
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1505 vs 512

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G

  • Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 47 vs 32
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 47 vs 32

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
166
68
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
32
47
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1505
512
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1505
512
Name NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G
PassMark - G3D Mark 166 68
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 512
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1505 512

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G

Essentials

Architecture Tesla
Code name G96C MCP77MH MCP79MH
Launch date 29 July 2008 3 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $85.99
Place in performance rating 1667 1668
Price now $85.99
Type Desktop Laptop
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 65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 32 8
Texture fill rate 8.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt
Transistor count 314 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 6.875" (17.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 10.0 10
OpenGL 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 / 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory type GDDR3
Shared memory yes

Technologies

CUDA
SLI