NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 47% higher texture fill rate: 12.96 GTexel / s vs 8.8 billion / sec
2.3x more pipelines: 72 vs 32
2.1x better floating-point performance: 187.49 gflops vs 89.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
Around 16% lower typical power consumption: 43 Watt vs 50 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 / 512 MB
Around 98% higher memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 59 vs 32
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 470 vs 172
Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2502 vs 1505
Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2502 vs 1505

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 February 2010 vs 29 July 2008
Texture fill rate	12.96 GTexel / s vs 8.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	72 vs 32
Floating-point performance	187.49 gflops vs 89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	43 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 / 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz vs 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	59 vs 32
PassMark - G3D Mark	470 vs 172
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2502 vs 1505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2502 vs 1505

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

2.6x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 540 MHz

Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 540 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

470

172

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2502

1505

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2502

1505

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
PassMark - G2D Mark	59	32
PassMark - G3D Mark	470	172
Geekbench - OpenCL	8132
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2502	1505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2502	1505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		56.838

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 320 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT215	G96C
Launch date	2 February 2010	29 July 2008
Place in performance rating	1482	1666
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$85.99
Price now		$85.99
Value for money (0-100)		4.13
Technical info
Core clock speed	540 MHz	1400 MHz
Floating-point performance	187.49 gflops	89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	72	32
Texture fill rate	12.96 GTexel / s	8.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	43 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	314 million
CUDA cores		32
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	175 mm	6.875" (17.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 / 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.28 GB / s	25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA
SLI