NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT vs NVIDIA ION 2
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT and NVIDIA ION 2 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
- 2.8x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 500 MHz
- 2x more pipelines: 32 vs 16
- Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1505 vs 928
- Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1505 vs 928
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 29 July 2008 vs 3 June 2008 |
Core clock speed | 1400 MHz vs 500 MHz |
Pipelines | 32 vs 16 |
Benchmarks | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1505 vs 928 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1505 vs 928 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA ION 2
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
- 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 50 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 / 512 MB
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 55 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 20 Watt vs 50 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 512 MB vs 256 / 512 MB |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA ION 2
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT | NVIDIA ION 2 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 166 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 32 | |
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 | 928 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1505 | 928 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT | NVIDIA ION 2 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla | Tesla 2.0 |
Code name | G96C | GT218 |
Launch date | 29 July 2008 | 3 June 2008 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $85.99 | |
Place in performance rating | 1667 | 1669 |
Price now | $85.99 | |
Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Value for money (0-100) | 4.13 | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 1400 MHz | 500 MHz |
CUDA cores | 32 | |
Floating-point performance | 89.6 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 40 nm |
Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | |
Pipelines | 32 | 16 |
Texture fill rate | 8.8 billion / sec | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt | 20 Watt |
Transistor count | 314 million | 260 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Audio input for HDMI | S / PDIF | |
Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI | No outputs |
HDMI | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
Multi monitor support | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Length | 6.875" (17.5 cm) | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 10.1 |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 256 / 512 MB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2) | |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz | |
Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR2, DDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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CUDA | ||
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