NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT and NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800 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 GeForce4 Ti 4800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
4.7x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 300 MHz
3.7x more texture fill rate: 8.8 billion / sec vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 150 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 / 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 23% higher memory clock speed: 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz vs 650 MHz
28.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 172 vs 6

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 July 2008 vs 15 March 2003
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.8 billion / sec vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 / 512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz vs 650 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	172 vs 6

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800

5.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 190 vs 32

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	190 vs 32

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

172

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

190

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT	NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4800
PassMark - G3D Mark	172	6
PassMark - G2D Mark	32	190
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 GeForce4 Ti 4800
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Kelvin
Code name	G96C	NV28 A1
Launch date	29 July 2008	15 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$85.99
Place in performance rating	1666	962
Price now	$85.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	4.13
Technical info
Core clock speed	1400 MHz	300 MHz
CUDA cores	32
Floating-point performance	89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	150 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	32
Texture fill rate	8.8 billion / sec	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	36 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 8x
Length	6.875" (17.5 cm)	216 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	8.1
OpenGL	2.1	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 / 512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)	10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz	650 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Technologies
CUDA
SLI