NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS
VS
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS
VS
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS  vs  ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT.

1059
Place in performance rating
978
Tesla
Architecture
TeraScale
G96
Code name
RV630
Desktop
Type
Desktop
29 July 2008 (13 years ago)
Release date
28 June 2007 (14 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$199
$11.12
Price now
$230 (1.2x MSRP)
0.36
Value for money
0.02
G96
GPU code name
RV630
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS  vs  ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

32
Pipelines
120
550 MHz
Core clock speed
800 MHz
314 million
Transistor count
390 million
65 nm
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
40 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
45 Watt
8.800
Texture fill rate
6.400
no data
Floating-point performance
192 gflops
32
Pipelines / CUDA cores
120
314 million
Number of transistors
390 million
40 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
45 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS and ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
None
Supplementary power connectors
None

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS vs ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT.

DDR2
Memory type
GDDR3
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1008 MHz
Memory clock speed
1400 MHz
16.13 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
22.4 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS vs ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT.

2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS and ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
10.0 (10_0)
3.3
OpenGL
3.3

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS and ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS or ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS

Cheaper ($11.12 vs $230 (1.2x MSRP))

Less power consumption (40 Watt vs 45 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 256 MB)

Advantages of ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

0.03% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (120 vs 32)

More memory bandwidth (22.4 GB/s vs 16.13 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS or ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT .

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS versus ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

Passmark

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User rating

2.0 Out of 5 Hitesti Score
4.3 Out of 9 Hitesti Score