NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 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 GTX 650

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
3.9x more texture fill rate: 33.9 billion / sec vs 8.8 billion / sec
12x more pipelines: 384 vs 32
9.1x better floating-point performance: 812.5 gflops vs 89.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 / 512 MB
10.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1749 vs 172
11.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 368 vs 32
20.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 12.582 vs 0.612
6.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 364.463 vs 56.838
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3332 vs 1505
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3332 vs 1505

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 November 2013 vs 29 July 2008
Texture fill rate	33.9 billion / sec vs 8.8 billion / sec
Pipelines	384 vs 32
Floating-point performance	812.5 gflops vs 89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 / 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1749 vs 172
PassMark - G2D Mark	368 vs 32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	12.582 vs 0.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	364.463 vs 56.838
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3332 vs 1505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3332 vs 1505

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Around 32% higher core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1058 MHz
Around 28% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 64 Watt
160x more memory clock speed: 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz vs 5.0 GB/s

Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1058 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 64 Watt
Memory clock speed	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz vs 5.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1749

172

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

368

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12.582

0.612

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

364.463

56.838

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3332

1505

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3332

1505

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	1749	172
PassMark - G2D Mark	368	32
Geekbench - OpenCL	4493
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	12.582	0.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	364.463	56.838
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.254
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	18.386
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	23.499
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3478
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3332	1505
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3478
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3332	1505
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	545

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla
Code name	GK106	G96C
Launch date	27 November 2013	29 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	$85.99
Place in performance rating	1003	1666
Price now	$144.81	$85.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	16.05	4.13
Technical info
Core clock speed	1058 MHz	1400 MHz
CUDA cores	384	32
Floating-point performance	812.5 gflops	89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	384	32
Texture fill rate	33.9 billion / sec	8.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	64 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	2,540 million	314 million
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One Mini..., 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	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 3.0
Height	4.38" (11.1 cm)	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	5.70" (14.5 cm)	6.875" (17.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 / 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	80.0 GB / s	25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)
Memory bus width	128-bit GDDR5	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5.0 GB/s	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
TXAA
SLI