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.
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 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE | ATI Radeon X1950 PRO |
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PassMark - G2D Mark | 320 | 318 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 104 | 113 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE | ATI Radeon X1950 PRO | |
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Essentials |
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Code name | MCP79Mx + NB9M | RV570 |
Launch date | 9 January 2008 | 1 October 2006 |
Place in performance rating | 508 | 511 |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Architecture | R500 | |
Technical info |
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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 |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 2.0 | |
Memory |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin |