 |
 |
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 vs GeForce GT 340 1GB
Intro
The GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 features a core clock frequency of 550 MHz and a DDR2 memory speed of 500 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 65 nm design. It is comprised of 32 SPUs, 16 Texture Address Units, and 8 Raster Operation Units.Compare those specs to the GeForce GT 340 1GB, which has core speeds of 550 MHz on the GPU, and 850 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 96 SPUs along with 32 TAUs and 8 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 |
|
50 Watts |
| GeForce GT 340 1GB |
|
69 Watts |
|
|
Memory Bandwidth
The GeForce GT 340 1GB should in theory be a lot faster than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 in general. (explain)
| GeForce GT 340 1GB |
|
54400 MB/sec |
| GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 |
|
16000 MB/sec |
|
|
Texel Rate
The GeForce GT 340 1GB is quite a bit (about 100%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9500 GT DDR2. (explain)| GeForce GT 340 1GB |
|
17600 Mtexels/sec |
| GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 |
|
8800 Mtexels/sec |
|
|
Pixel Rate
Both cards have the exact same pixel fill rate, so theoretically they should be equally good at at full screen anti-aliasing, and be able to handle the same resolutions. (explain)
Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.
Price Comparison
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2Amazon.com
Check prices at:
|
GeForce GT 340 1GBAmazon.com
Check prices at:
|
Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
Specifications
| Model | GeForce 9500 GT DDR2 | GeForce GT 340 1GB |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | nVidia | nVidia |
| Year | July 2008 | February 2010 |
| Code Name | G96a | GT215 |
| Memory | 256 MB | 1024 MB |
| Core Speed | 550 MHz | 550 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 1000 MHz | 3400 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 50 watts | 69 watts |
| Bandwidth | 16000 MB/sec | 54400 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 8800 Mtexels/sec | 17600 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 4400 Mpixels/sec | 4400 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 32 | 96 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 16 | 32 |
| Render Output Units | 8 | 8 |
| Bus Type | DDR2 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| Fab Process | 65 nm | 40 nm |
| Transistors | 314 million | 727 million |
| Bus | PCIe x16 2.0, PCI | PCIe x16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10 | DirectX 10.1 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.0 | OpenGL 3.3 |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.
GeForce 9500 GT DDR2Amazon.com
Check prices at:
|
GeForce GT 340 1GBAmazon.com
Check prices at:
|
Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
|
Comments
Be the first to leave a comment!