NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE 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 960

NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
42.7x more pipelines: 1024 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
58.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6078 vs 104
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 673 vs 320

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 January 2015 vs 9 January 2008
Pipelines	1024 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6078 vs 104
PassMark - G2D Mark	673 vs 320

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE

4.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 120 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6078

104

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

673

320

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960	NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE
PassMark - G3D Mark	6078	104
PassMark - G2D Mark	673	320
Geekbench - OpenCL	18704
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	73.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	792.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	35.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	200.825
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3335
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2283

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960	NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	GM206	MCP79Mx + NB9M
Launch date	22 January 2015	9 January 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	503	505
Price now	$229.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	34.63
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz
Core clock speed	1127 MHz
CUDA cores	1024
Floating-point performance	2,413 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	1024	24
Texture fill rate	72 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	2,940 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	9.5" (24.1 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	400 Watt
SLI options	2x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pins
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory	0	1
Technologies
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost