HD Graphics 3000 (Sandy Bridge GT2) vs GeForce 9500 GT
Summary
Reasons to consider HD Graphics 3000 (Sandy Bridge GT2) |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
HWBench recommends GeForce 9500 GT
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| HD Graphics 3000 (Sandy Bridge GT2) | | GeForce 9500 GT | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Sandy Bridge GT2 () | vs | G96C () |
| Fab Process | 32 nm | vs | 55 nm |
| Die Size | 216 mm² | vs | 121 mm² |
| Transistors | 189 million | vs | 314 million |
| Shaders | 12 | vs | 32 |
| Compute Units | 0 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 850 MHz | vs | 550 MHz |
| ROPs | 2 | vs | 8 |
| TMUs | 2 | vs | 16 |
Memory Configuration
| HD Graphics 3000 (Sandy Bridge GT2) | | GeForce 9500 GT | |
|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | vs | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 512 Mb |
Additional details
| HD Graphics 3000 (Sandy Bridge GT2) | | GeForce 9500 GT | |
|---|
| TDP | 0 watts | vs | 50 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Feb 2011 | vs | 29 Jul 2008 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better