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NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT Rev. 3

Graphics Processor
G96C
Cores
32
TMUs
16
ROPs
8
Memory Size
512 MB
Memory Type
GDDR3
Bus Width
128 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
The GeForce 9500 GT Rev. 3 was a graphics card by NVIDIA, launched on July 29th, 2008. Built on the 55 nm process, and based on the G96C graphics processor, in its G96-300-C1 variant, the card supports DirectX 11.1. Even though it supports DirectX 11, the feature level is only 10_0, which can be problematic with many DirectX 11 & DirectX 12 titles. The G96C graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 121 mm² and 314 million transistors. It features 32 shading units, 16 texture mapping units, and 8 ROPs. NVIDIA has paired 512 MB GDDR3 memory with the GeForce 9500 GT Rev. 3, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 550 MHz, memory is running at 800 MHz.
Being a single-slot card, the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT Rev. 3 does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 50 W maximum. Display outputs include: 2x DVI, 1x S-Video. GeForce 9500 GT Rev. 3 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 2.0 x16 interface. The card measures 175 mm in length, and features a single-slot cooling solution.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
G96C
GPU Variant
G96-300-C1
Architecture
Tesla
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
55 nm
Transistors
314 million
Density
2.6M / mm²
Die Size
121 mm²

Graphics Card

Release Date
Jul 29th, 2008
Generation
GeForce 9
(9500)
Predecessor
GeForce 8
Successor
GeForce 200
Production
End-of-life
Bus Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
Reviews
22 in our database

Relative Performance

GeForce 210
52%
GeForce 9400 GT
66%
Radeon HD 4550
82%
GeForce 9500 GT Rev. 3
100%
Radeon HD 5450
105%
Radeon HD 6450
123%
GeForce GT 520
130%
GeForce GT 220
161%
GeForce GT 430
210%
Radeon HD 5570
213%
Radeon HD 4670
231%
GeForce GT 440
244%
GeForce GT 240
249%
GeForce 9600 GT
286%
Radeon HD 5670
304%
GeForce GT 640
325%
GeForce 9800 GT
337%
Radeon HD 6670
350%
Radeon HD 4830
361%
Radeon HD 4770
386%
Radeon HD 4850
407%
GeForce GTS 250
416%
GeForce GTS 450
428%
Radeon HD 5750
443%
Radeon HD 7750
506%
Radeon HD 5770
510%
GeForce GTX 260
519%
Radeon HD 4870
526%
Radeon Vega 8
527%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
532%
GeForce GTX 650
537%
Radeon HD 5830
568%
Radeon HD 6790
597%
Radeon HD 4890
607%
GeForce GTX 460
630%
Radeon RX Vega 11
634%
GeForce GT 1030
641%
GeForce GTX 275
647%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
649%
GeForce GTX 280
650%
GeForce GTX 465
662%
Radeon HD 6850
695%
GeForce GTX 285
708%
Radeon HD 5850
759%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
773%
Radeon HD 7790
773%
Radeon RX 550
806%
GeForce GTX 470
808%
Radeon HD 6870
837%
Radeon HD 5870
893%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
921%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
926%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
943%
Radeon HD 6950
948%
GeForce GTX 295
981%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
993%
Radeon HD 7850
1000%
GeForce GTX 480
1017%
Radeon HD 6970
1064%
Radeon R7 265
1085%
Radeon RX 460
1102%
Radeon R7 370
1103%
GeForce GTX 660
1107%
GeForce GTX 570
1110%
Radeon RX 560
1128%
GeForce GTX 950
1198%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
1209%
Radeon R9 270X
1238%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
1253%
GeForce GTX 580
1259%
GeForce GTX 1050
1269%
Radeon HD 7950
1272%
GeForce GTX 1630
1296%
Radeon HD 5970
1297%
GeForce GTX 760
1333%
GeForce GTX 670
1435%
GeForce GTX 960
1473%
Radeon R9 380
1510%
Radeon R9 285
1519%
Radeon HD 7970
1534%
GeForce GTX 680
1550%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
1586%
GeForce GTX 770
1628%
Radeon HD 6990
1666%
Radeon R9 280X
1705%
GeForce GTX 590
1730%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
1731%
GeForce GTX 780
1917%
Arc A380
1920%
Radeon RX 6400
1946%
GeForce GTX 1650
1986%
Radeon RX 470
2110%
Radeon R9 290
2139%
Radeon RX 570
2254%
Radeon R9 390
2282%
Radeon R9 290X
2294%
GeForce GTX 970
2325%
GeForce GTX TITAN
2356%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
2387%
Radeon R9 390X
2421%
Radeon HD 7990
2432%
Radeon RX 480
2443%
GeForce GTX 690
2464%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
2531%
Radeon RX 5500 OEM
2565%
Radeon RX 580
2596%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
2617%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
2639%
GeForce GTX 980
2651%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
2673%
Radeon R9 FURY
2685%
Radeon RX 590
2804%
Radeon R9 295X2
2953%
GeForce GTX 1660
2969%
Radeon R9 FURY X
3004%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
3055%
GeForce GTX TITAN X
3134%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
3229%
GeForce GTX 1070
3409%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
3409%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
3464%
Radeon RX Vega 56
3629%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
3849%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
3906%
Radeon RX Vega 64
3959%
GeForce GTX 1080
4014%
GeForce RTX 2060
4014%
Radeon RX 5700
4179%
Arc A580
4188%
Radeon RX 6600
4362%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
4509%
GeForce RTX 2070
4568%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
4571%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
4661%
Arc A750
4813%
Radeon VII
4839%
TITAN X Pascal
4964%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
5015%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
5114%
Arc A770
5164%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
5169%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
5437%
Radeon RX 7600
5497%
GeForce RTX 4060
5523%
GeForce RTX 2080
5559%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
5672%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
5829%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
5971%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
6181%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
6561%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
6632%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
6682%
GeForce RTX 3070
6992%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
7482%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
7561%
Radeon RX 6800
7708%
GeForce RTX 4070
8541%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
8755%
GeForce RTX 3080
9088%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
9178%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
9433%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
9907%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
10096%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
10180%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
10192%
GeForce RTX 3090
10371%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
10632%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
11616%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
11929%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
12031%
GeForce RTX 4080
13507%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
13709%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
13840%
GeForce RTX 4090
16969%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
550 MHz
Shader Clock
1400 MHz
Memory Clock
800 MHz
1600 Mbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
512 MB
Memory Type
GDDR3
Memory Bus
128 bit
Bandwidth
25.60 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
32
TMUs
16
ROPs
8
SM Count
4
L2 Cache
32 KB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
4.400 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
8.800 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
89.60 GFLOPS

Board Design

Slot Width
Single-slot
Length
175 mm
6.9 inches
TDP
50 W
Suggested PSU
250 W
Outputs
2x DVI
1x S-Video
Power Connectors
None
Board Number
P729 SKU 10

Graphics Features

DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
Vulkan
N/A
CUDA
1.1
Shader Model
4.0

G96C GPU Notes

PureVideo HD: VP2
VDPAU: Feature Set A

Latest Drivers:
Windows 2000:
Quadro Release 261.19

Windows XP / Server 2003 x64:
GeForce Release 185.81 (Notebooks)
GeForce Release 340.52
Quadro Release R319 U2 (321.01)
Tesla Release 258.96

Windows Vista:
GeForce Release 307.83 (Notebooks)
GeForce Release 342.01
Quadro Release R340 U15 (342.01)
Tesla Release 258.96

Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10:
GeForce Release 342.01
Quadro Release R340 U15 (342.01)
Tesla Release 258.96

Retail boards based on this design (8)

Name GPU Clock Memory Clock Other Changes
550 MHz 400 MHz 1024 MB, DDR2, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 1x VGA
550 MHz 400 MHz DDR2, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 1x VGA
550 MHz 400 MHz DDR2, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 1x VGA
700 MHz 1008 MHz 1x DVI 1x HDMI 1x VGA
550 MHz 350 MHz 1024 MB, DDR2, 1x DVI 1x VGA
550 MHz 800 MHz 1024 MB
550 MHz 850 MHz 1024 MB, Dual-slot, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 1x VGA
650 MHz 900 MHz 161 mm/6.3 inches
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