NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
VS
ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
VS
ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

1086
Place in performance rating
1082
1.81
Value for money (0-100)
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Tesla
Architecture
R500
G96
Code name
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Desktop
Type
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29 July 2008 (13 years ago)
Release date
24 January 2006 (15 years ago)
$85.99
Launch price (MSRP)
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$141 (1.6x MSRP)
Price now
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G96
GPU code name
R580
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

32
Pipelines
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550 MHz
Core clock speed
625 MHz
314 million
Transistor count
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65 nm
Manufacturing process technology
90 nm
50 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
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8.8 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
10.00
89.6 gflops
Floating-point performance
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105 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
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32
CUDA cores
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32
Pipelines / CUDA cores
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314 million
Number of transistors
384 million
50 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
100 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
6.875" (17.5 cm)
Length
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None
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
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SLI options
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4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR3
256/512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory clock speed
1450 MHz
25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)
Memory bandwidth
46.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition, the size and number of monitors.

Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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Multi monitor support
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2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
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S/PDIF
Audio input for HDMI
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HDMI
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Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition is the additional functionality.

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CUDA
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
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2.1
OpenGL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT or ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

0.12% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (65 nm vs 90 nm)

Advantages of ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 256/512 MB)

More memory bandwidth (46.4 GB/s vs 25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2))

So, NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT or ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT .

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT versus ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

5.0 Out of 2 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition