NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M SLI vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M SLI and NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M SLI
- 22x more pipelines: 704 vs 32
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
- 8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
| Pipelines | 704 vs 32 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 55 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 512 MB |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition
- Around 29% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 425 MHz
- 2x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 100 Watt
- Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz vs 425 MHz |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt vs 100 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M SLI | NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Fermi | Tesla |
| Code name | N11E-GTX-A3 | G96C |
| Launch date | 25 May 2010 | 19 May 2010 |
| Place in performance rating | not rated | not rated |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 425 MHz | 550 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 55 nm |
| Pipelines | 704 | 32 |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 100 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Transistor count | 6000 Million | 314 million |
| Floating-point performance | 89.6 gflops | |
| Texture fill rate | 8.8 GTexel / s | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Laptop size | large | |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
| Length | 145 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 11 | 10.0 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB / s | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | |
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