NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 610

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 610

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 50% higher pipelines: 48 vs 32
Around 74% better floating-point performance: 155.5 gflops vs 89.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
Around 72% lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 50 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 1024 MB vs 256 / 512 MB
Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 322 vs 172
4.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 131 vs 32
4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 2.471 vs 0.612
Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 77.99 vs 56.838

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 April 2012 vs 29 July 2008
Pipelines	48 vs 32
Floating-point performance	155.5 gflops vs 89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size	1024 MB vs 256 / 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	322 vs 172
PassMark - G2D Mark	131 vs 32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	2.471 vs 0.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	77.99 vs 56.838

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Around 73% higher core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 810 MHz
Around 35% higher texture fill rate: 8.8 billion / sec vs 6.5 billion / sec
800x more memory clock speed: 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1505 vs 1155
Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1505 vs 1155

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 810 MHz
Texture fill rate	8.8 billion / sec vs 6.5 billion / sec
Memory clock speed	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1505 vs 1155
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1505 vs 1155

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

322

172

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

131

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2.471

0.612

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

77.99

56.838

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1155

1505

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1155

1505

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 610	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	322	172
PassMark - G2D Mark	131	32
Geekbench - OpenCL	1283
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	2.471	0.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	77.99	56.838
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.233
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	6.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	4.053
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	835
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1155	1505
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	835
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1155	1505
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	87

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 610	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GF119	G96C
Launch date	2 April 2012	29 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$39.99	$85.99
Place in performance rating	1626	1666
Price now	$39.99	$85.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	10.13	4.13
Technical info
Core clock speed	810 MHz	1400 MHz
CUDA cores	48	32
Floating-point performance	155.5 gflops	89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	102 °C	105 °C
Pipelines	48	32
Texture fill rate	6.5 billion / sec	8.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI, VGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0
Height	2.7" (6.9 cm)	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)	6.875" (17.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.2	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1024 MB	256 / 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1.8 GB/s	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
CUDA
SLI