GeForce 9500 GT vs GeForce 210 PCI
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce 9500 GT |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
| PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor |
Reasons to consider GeForce 210 PCI |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
| PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor |
HWBench recommends GeForce 9500 GT
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce 9500 GT | | GeForce 210 PCI | |
|---|
| GPU Name | G96C () | vs | GT216 () |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 121 mm² | vs | 100 mm² |
| Transistors | 314 million | vs | 486 million |
| Shaders | 32 | vs | 16 |
| Compute Units | 2 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 550 MHz | vs | 475 MHz |
| ROPs | 8 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 16 | vs | 8 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 9500 GT | | GeForce 210 PCI | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | DDR2 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective | vs | 400 MHz
800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 512 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 9500 GT | | GeForce 210 PCI | |
|---|
| TDP | 50 watts | vs | 31 watts |
| Release Date | 29 Jul 2008 | vs | 12 Oct 2009 |
GeForce 9500 GT
4.40 GP/s
GeForce 210 PCI
1.90 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce 9500 GT
8.80 GT/s
GeForce 210 PCI
3.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce 9500 GT
25.60 GB/s
GeForce 210 PCI
6.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce 9500 GT
89.60 GFLOPs
GeForce 210 PCI
35.20 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better