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).

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

NVIDIA ION 2

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)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1505

928

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1505

928

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT	NVIDIA ION 2
PassMark - G3D Mark	164
PassMark - G2D Mark	33
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
Essentials
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
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
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
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
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
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
CUDA
SLI