AMD Radeon HD 6430M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Seymour | G96 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Seymour LP | — |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | UMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 65 nm |
| Number of transistors | 370 million | 314 million |
| Die size | 67 mm² | 144 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Jan 4th, 2011 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Vancouver (HD 6400M) | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | — |
| Predecessor | Manhattan | — |
| Successor | London | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 480 MHz | 600 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective | 1000 MHz 2 Gbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1500 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 12.80 GB/s | 32.00 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 160 | 32 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 16 |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| Compute units | 2 | — |
| Cache L1 | 8 KB (per CU) | — |
| Cache L2 | 128 KB | 32 KB |
| SM count | — | 4 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 1.920 GPixel/s | 4.800 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 3.840 GTexel/s | 9.600 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 153.6 GFLOPS | 96.00 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| TDP | unknown | 50 W |
|---|---|---|
| Outputs | No outputs | 2x DVI1x S-Video |
| Slot width | — | Single-slot |
| Suggested PSU | — | 250 W |
| Power connectors | — | None |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| CUDA | — | 1.1 |
Other Features
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 |
