AMD Radeon R5 230 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT Rev. 2
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Caicos | G96B |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Caicos PRO | G96-309-B1 |
| 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 |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Apr 3rd, 2014 | Jul 29th, 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Volcanic Islands | GeForce 9 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | Sea Islands | GeForce 8 |
| Successor | Pirate Islands | GeForce 200 |
| Reviews | — | 22 in our database |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 625 MHz | 600 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 667 MHz 1334 Mbps effective | 900 MHz 1800 Mbps 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 | 10.67 GB/s | 28.80 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 | 2.500 GPixel/s | 4.800 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 5.000 GTexel/s | 9.600 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 200.0 GFLOPS | 96.00 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 168 mm 6.6 inches | 175 mm 6.9 inches |
| TDP | 19 W | 50 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 250 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x VGA | 2x DVI1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | None |
| Board number | C164 | P729 |
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 |
