NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 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, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 105 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 105 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1400 MHz
3.8x more texture fill rate: 33.6 billion / sec vs 8.8 billion / sec
3.5x more pipelines: 112 vs 32
3.8x better floating-point performance: 336.0 gflops vs 89.6 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 / 512 MB
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 454 vs 172
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 56 vs 32
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3304 vs 1505
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3304 vs 1505

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Texture fill rate	33.6 billion / sec vs 8.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	112 vs 32
Floating-point performance	336.0 gflops vs 89.6 gflops
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 / 512 MB
Memory clock speed	900 MHz vs 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	454 vs 172
PassMark - G2D Mark	56 vs 32
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3304 vs 1505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3304 vs 1505

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

172

454

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1505

3304

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1505

3304

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	172	454
PassMark - G2D Mark	32	56
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	3304
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1505	3304
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2845

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G96C	G92
Launch date	29 July 2008	21 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$85.99	$160
Place in performance rating	1666	1063
Price now	$85.99	$103.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	4.13	8.86
Technical info
Core clock speed	1400 MHz	1500 MHz
CUDA cores	32	112
Floating-point performance	89.6 gflops	336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	105 °C
Pipelines	32	112
Texture fill rate	8.8 billion / sec	33.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	754 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	6.875" (17.5 cm)	9" (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 / 512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA
SLI
3D Vision