NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT Mac Edition vs NVIDIA NVS 1000
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | G96C | GK107 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Tesla | Kepler |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 55 nm | 28 nm |
| Number of transistors | 314 million | 1,270 million |
| Die size | 121 mm² | 118 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | May 19th, 2010 | Never Released |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 9 | NVS |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 22 in our database | 26 in our database |
| Predecessor | GeForce 8 | — |
| Successor | GeForce 200 | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 550 MHz | 797 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Shader clock | 1400 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective | 891 MHz 1782 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 2 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 25.60 GB/s | 28.51 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 32 | 192 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 16 | 16 |
| ROPs | 8 | 16 |
| SM count | 4 | — |
| Cache L2 | 32 KB | 256 KB |
| SMX count | — | 1 |
| Cache L1 | — | 16 KB (per SMX) |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 4.400 GPixel/s | 3.188 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 8.800 GTexel/s | 12.75 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 89.60 GFLOPS | 306.0 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 12.75 GFLOPS (1:24) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 145 mm 5.7 inches | 160 mm 6.3 inches |
| TDP | 50 W | 35 W |
| Suggested PSU | 250 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | 2x DVI1x S-Video | 4x mini-DisplayPort |
| Power connectors | None | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | — | 1.1 |
| CUDA | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Shader model | 4.0 | 5.1 |
