NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT and NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra 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 GeForce2 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 11 month(s) later
5.6x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 250 MHz
4.4x more texture fill rate: 8.8 billion / sec vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 180 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 256 / 512 MB vs 64 MB
Around 74% higher memory clock speed: 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz vs 460 MHz
28.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 172 vs 6

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 July 2008 vs 14 August 2000
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.8 billion / sec vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	256 / 512 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz vs 460 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	172 vs 6

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

4.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 147 vs 32

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	147 vs 32

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

172

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

147

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT	NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	172	6
PassMark - G2D Mark	32	147
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1505

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT	NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Celsius
Code name	G96C	NV15 A4
Launch date	29 July 2008	14 August 2000
Launch price (MSRP)	$85.99	$499
Place in performance rating	1666	1152
Price now	$85.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	4.13
Technical info
Core clock speed	1400 MHz	250 MHz
CUDA cores	32
Floating-point performance	89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	180 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	8.8 billion / sec	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	25 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	AGP 4x
Length	6.875" (17.5 cm)	183 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	7.0
OpenGL	2.1	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 / 512 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)	7.36 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz	460 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Technologies
CUDA
SLI