NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

1086
Place in performance rating
not rated
1.81
Value for money (0-100)
0.71
Tesla
Architecture
Tesla
G96
Code name
G84
Desktop
Type
Desktop
29 July 2008 (13 years ago)
Release date
17 April 2007 (14 years ago)
$85.99
Launch price (MSRP)
$159
$141 (1.6x MSRP)
Price now
$113 (0.7x MSRP)
G96
GPU code name
G84
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

32
Pipelines
32
550 MHz
Core clock speed
540 MHz
314 million
Transistor count
289 million
65 nm
Manufacturing process technology
80 nm
50 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
47 Watt
8.8 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
8.6 billion/sec
89.6 gflops
Floating-point performance
76.16 gflops
105 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
32
CUDA cores
no data
32
Pipelines / CUDA cores
32
314 million
Number of transistors
289 million
50 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
47 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
6.875" (17.5 cm)
Length
170 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
None
+
SLI options
+
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
no data

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 NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR3
256/512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory clock speed
700 MHz
25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)
Memory bandwidth
22.4 GB/s
no data
Standard memory config per GPU
256 MB

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT, the size and number of monitors.

Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
+
Multi monitor support
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
S/PDIF
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT is the additional functionality.

+
CUDA
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
2.1
OpenGL
2.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 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 NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
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

0.09% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (65 nm vs 80 nm)

More memory bandwidth (25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2) vs 22.4 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Cheaper ($113 (0.7x MSRP) vs $141 (1.6x MSRP))

Less power consumption (47 Watt vs 50 Watt)

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

So, NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT or NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT?

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

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT versus NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

5.0 Out of 2 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT