GeForce 9500 GT vs GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 8400 GS Rev. 3 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 8400 GS Rev. 3 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | G96C () | vs | GT218 (8400GS-225-B1) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 121 mm² | vs | 57 mm² |
| Transistors | 314 million | vs | 260 million |
| Shaders | 32 | vs | 16 |
| Compute Units | 2 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 550 MHz | vs | 520 MHz |
| ROPs | 8 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 16 | vs | 8 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 9500 GT | | GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 | |
|---|
| 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 8400 GS Rev. 3 | |
|---|
| TDP | 50 watts | vs | 25 watts |
| Release Date | 29 Jul 2008 | vs | 12 Jul 2010 |
GeForce 9500 GT
4.40 GP/s
GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
2.08 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce 9500 GT
8.80 GT/s
GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
4.16 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce 9500 GT
25.60 GB/s
GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
6.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce 9500 GT
89.60 GFLOPs
GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
39.36 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better