NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS Rev. 2 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | G96C | G71 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Tesla | Curie |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 55 nm | 90 nm |
| Number of transistors | 314 million | 278 million |
| Die size | 121 mm² | 196 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Jul 29th, 2008 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 9 | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | — |
| Reviews | 22 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | GeForce 8 | — |
| Successor | GeForce 200 | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 500 MHz | 500 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Shader clock | 1250 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 500 MHz 1000 Mbps effective | 600 MHz 1200 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR2 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 16.00 GB/s | 38.40 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 32 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 16 | 24 |
| ROPs | 8 | 16 |
| SM count | 4 | — |
| Cache L2 | 32 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 24 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 8 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 4.000 GPixel/s | 8.000 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 8.000 GTexel/s | 12.00 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 80.00 GFLOPS | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 1.000 GVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | MXM Module |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 40 W | 45 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | — |
| Outputs | 2x DVI1x S-Video | No outputs |
| Power connectors | None | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| CUDA | 1.1 | — |
| Shader model | 4.0 | 3.0 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Sep 29th, 2005 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | Quadro FX Mobile (x500M) |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | MXM-III |
| Reviews | — | 26 in our database |
| Predecessor | — | Quadro FX Go |
