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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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