NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE vs ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE and ATI Radeon X1950 PRO videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE

ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 66 Watt
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 320 vs 318

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 January 2008 vs 1 October 2006
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 66 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	320 vs 318

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 113 vs 104

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	113 vs 104

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 PRO

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

320

318

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

104

113

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
PassMark - G2D Mark	320	318
PassMark - G3D Mark	104	113

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
Essentials
Code name	MCP79Mx + NB9M	RV570
Launch date	9 January 2008	1 October 2006
Place in performance rating	537	539
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Architecture		R500
Technical info
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	24
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	66 Watt
Core clock speed		575 MHz
Texture fill rate		6.9 GTexel / s
Transistor count		330 million
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL		2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		44.2 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1380 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin