NVIDIA NVS 315 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 315 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 315

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 48 vs 32
  • Around 12% better floating-point performance: 100.4 gflops vs 89.6 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
  • 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 / 512 MB
  • 2.2x more memory clock speed: 1750 MHz vs 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
  • Around 86% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 320 vs 172
  • 5.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 180 vs 32
  • 4.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 3.025 vs 0.612
  • Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 79.479 vs 56.838
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 March 2013 vs 29 July 2008
Pipelines 48 vs 32
Floating-point performance 100.4 gflops vs 89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 256 / 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz vs 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 320 vs 172
PassMark - G2D Mark 180 vs 32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.025 vs 0.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 79.479 vs 56.838

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

  • 2.7x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 523 MHz
  • 2.1x more texture fill rate: 8.8 billion / sec vs 4.184 GTexel / s
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1505 vs 1382
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1505 vs 1382
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1400 MHz vs 523 MHz
Texture fill rate 8.8 billion / sec vs 4.184 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1505 vs 1382
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1505 vs 1382

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 315
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
320
172
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
180
32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.025
0.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
79.479
56.838
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1382
1505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1382
1505
Name NVIDIA NVS 315 NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 320 172
PassMark - G2D Mark 180 32
Geekbench - OpenCL 882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.025 0.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 79.479 56.838
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.217
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 4.705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 6.573
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 942
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1382 1505
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 942
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1382 1505

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA NVS 315 NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Tesla
Code name GF119 G96C
Launch date 10 March 2013 29 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $159 $85.99
Place in performance rating 1577 1666
Type Workstation Desktop
Price now $85.99
Value for money (0-100) 4.13

Technical info

Core clock speed 523 MHz 1400 MHz
Floating-point performance 100.4 gflops 89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 48 32
Texture fill rate 4.184 GTexel / s 8.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 292 million 314 million
CUDA cores 32
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DMS-59 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 145 mm 6.875" (17.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None None
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 / 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 14 GB / s 25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3

Technologies

CUDA
SLI