Comparison of Texas Instruments graphing calculators

Last updated March 28, 2024

A graphing calculator is a class of hand-held calculator that is capable of plotting graphs and solving complex functions. There are several companies that manufacture models of graphing calculators. Texas Instruments is a major manufacturer.

The following table compares general and technical information for a selection of common and uncommon Texas Instruments graphing calculators. Many of the calculators in this list have region-specific models that are not individually listed here, such as the TI-84 Plus CE-T, a TI-84 Plus CE designed for non-French European markets. These region-specific models are usually functionally identical to each other, aside from minor cosmetic differences and circuit board hardware revisions. See the individual calculators' articles for further information.

Calculator	CPU	RAM	Display Size	Physical Size (inches)	Contains CAS	Year Released	Initial MSRP (nominal US$)^[1]	Use on College Board Standardized Tests^[2]	Use on ACT Standardized Tests^[3]
TI-73, TI-73 Explorer	Zilog Z80 @ 6 MHz	25 KB of RAM, 512 KB of Flash ROM	96×64 pixels 16×8 characters	7.3 × 3.5 × 1.0^[4]	No	1998/2003	95 (TI-73)	Allowed	Allowed
TI-80	980 kHz Proprietary	8 KB of RAM (7 KB user accessible)	64×48 pixels 16×8 characters	6.4 × 3.0 × 0.9^[4]	No	1989	Unknown	Allowed	Allowed
TI-81	Zilog Z80 @ 2 MHz	8 KB of RAM (2.4 KB user accessible)	96×64 pixels 16×8 characters	6.75 x 3.125 x 1.0	No	1990	110	Allowed	Allowed
TI-82	Zilog Z80 @ 6 MHz	28 KB of RAM	96×64 pixels 16×8 characters	6.9 × 3.4 × 1.0^[4]	No	1993	125	Allowed	Allowed
TI-83	Zilog Z80 @ 6 MHz	32 KB of RAM	96×64 pixels 16×8 characters	7.3 × 3.5 × 1.0^[4]	No	1996	125	Allowed	Allowed
TI-83 Plus	Zilog Z80 @ 6 MHz	32 KB of RAM (24 KB user accessible), 512 KB of Flash ROM (160 KB user accessible)	96×64 pixels 16×8 characters	7.3 × 3.5 × 1.0^[4]	No	1999	104.99	Allowed	Allowed
TI-83 Plus Silver Edition	Zilog Z80 @ 6 MHz/15 MHz (Dual Speed)	128 KB of RAM (24 KB user accessible), 2 MB of Flash ROM (1.5 MB user accessible)	96×64 pixels 16×8 characters	7.3 × 3.5 × 1.0^[4]	No	2001	129.95	Allowed	Allowed
TI-83 Premium CE, TI-83 Premium CE Edition Python	Zilog eZ80 @ 48 MHz	256 KB of RAM (150 KB user accessible), 4 MB of Flash ROM (3 MB user accessible)	320×240 pixels 26×10 characters (large font)	7.6 × 3.4 × 0.75	No	2015/2019	€129	Allowed	Allowed
TI-84 Plus	Zilog Z80 @ 15 MHz	128/48 KB of RAM (24 KB user accessible), 1 MB of Flash ROM (480 KB user accessible)	96×64 pixels 16×8 characters	7.5 × 3.3 × 0.9	No	2004	109.99	Allowed	Allowed
TI-84 Plus Silver Edition	Zilog Z80 @ 15 MHz	128/48 KB of RAM (24 KB user accessible), 2 MB of Flash ROM (1.5 MB user accessible)	96×64 pixels 16×8 characters	7.5 × 3.3 × 0.9	No	2004	129.99	Allowed	Allowed
TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition	Zilog Z80 @ 15 MHz	128 KB of RAM (21 KB user accessible), 4 MB of Flash ROM (3.5 MB user accessible)	320×240 pixels 26×10 characters (large font)	7.5 × 3.3 × 0.9	No	2013	150	Allowed	Allowed
TI-84 Plus CE	Zilog eZ80 @ 48 MHz	256 KB of RAM (154 KB user accessible), 4 MB of Flash ROM (3 MB user accessible)	320×240 pixels 26×10 characters (large font)	7.6 × 3.4 × 0.75	No	2015	150	Allowed	Allowed
TI-85	Zilog Z80 @ 6 MHz	28 KB of RAM	128×64 pixels 21×8 characters	6.875 x 3.31 x 0.938	No	1992	130	Allowed	Allowed
TI-86	Zilog Z80 @ 6 MHz	128 KiB of RAM	128×64 pixels 21×8 characters	7.3 × 3.5 × 1.0^[4]	No	1996	150	Allowed	Allowed
TI-89	Motorola 68000 @ 10 MHz/12 MHz (nominal)	256 KiB of RAM (188 KB user accessible), 2 MiB of Flash ROM	160×100 pixels	7.3 × 3.5 × 1.0^[4]	Yes	1998	159.99	Allowed	Not Allowed
TI-89 Titanium	Motorola 68000 @ ≤16 MHz	256 KiB of RAM (188 KB user accessible), 2.7 MB of Flash ROM	160×100 pixels	7.5 × 3.3 × 0.9	Yes	2004	149.99	Allowed	Not Allowed
TI-92, TI-92 II	Motorola 68000 @ 10 MHz	68 KB of RAM/136 KB of RAM	240×128 pixels	4.7 x 8.2 x 1.5	Yes	1995/1996	200 (TI-92)	Not Allowed	Not Allowed
TI-92 Plus	Motorola 68000 @ 12 MHz	256 KB of RAM (188 KB user accessible), 384 KB of Flash ROM	240×128 pixels	4.7 × 8.2 × 1.5^[4]	Yes	1998	179.99	Not Allowed	Not Allowed
Voyage 200	Motorola 68000 @ 12 MHz	256 KB of RAM (188 KB user accessible), 2.7 MB of Flash ROM	240×128 pixels	4.6 × 7.3 × 1.2^[4]	Yes	2002	129.99	Not Allowed	Not Allowed
TI-Nspire, TI-Nspire CAS	ARM9 @ 90 MHz/120 MHz	16 MB RAM, 20 MB of Flash ROM	320×240 pixels (16-shade grayscale)	7.90625 × 3.9375 × 0.96875	Only CAS model	2007 (CAS: 2010)	149 (CAS: 159)	Allowed	Only non-CAS model is allowed
TI-Nspire CX, TI-Nspire CX CAS	ARM9 @ 132 MHz^[5]	64 MB of RAM, 100 MB of Flash ROM	320×240 pixels (16-bit color)	7.5625 × 3.59375 × 0.75	Only CAS model	2011	154.99 (CAS: 162.99)	Allowed	Only non-CAS model is allowed
TI-Nspire CX II, TI- Nspire CX CAS II	ARM9 @ 396 MHz	64 MB of RAM, 100 MB of Flash ROM	320×240 pixels (16-bit color)	7.5625 × 3.59375 × 0.75	Only CAS model	2019	165 (CAS: 175)	Allowed	Only non-CAS model is allowed
Calculator	CPU	RAM	Display Size	Physical Size	Contains CAS	Year Released	Initial MSRP (nominal US$)^[1]	Use on College Board Standardized Tests^[2]	Use on ACT Standardized Tests^[3]

Programming language support

Calculator	TI-BASIC	Native code	Lua	Python
TI-73, TI-73 Explorer	Yes	Yes	No	No
TI-80	Yes	Only using exploits	No	No
TI-81	Yes	Only using exploits	No	No
TI-82	Yes	Only using exploits	No	No
TI-83	Yes	Yes	No	No
TI-83 Plus	Yes	Yes	No	No
TI-83 Plus Silver Edition	Yes	Yes	No	No
TI-83 Premium CE	Yes	Varies by firmware	No	Only with a TI-Python adapter^[6]
TI-83 Premium CE Edition Python	Yes	Varies by firmware	No	Yes
TI-84 Plus	Yes	Yes	No	No
TI-84 Plus Silver Edition	Yes	Yes	No	No
TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition	Yes	Yes	No	No
TI-84 Plus CE	Yes	Varies by firmware	No	No
TI-84 Plus CE(-T) Python Edition	Yes	Varies by firmware	No	Yes
TI-85	Yes	Only using exploits	No	No
TI-86	Yes	Yes	No	No
TI-89	Yes	Yes	No	No
TI-89 Titanium	Yes	Yes	No	No
TI-92, TI-92 II	Yes	Only using exploits	No	No
TI-92 Plus	Yes	Yes	No	No
Voyage 200	Yes	Yes	No	No
TI-Nspire, TI-Nspire CAS	Yes	Only using exploits	Yes	Only using exploits^[7]
TI-Nspire CX, TI-Nspire CX CAS	Yes	Only using exploits	Yes	Only using exploits^[7]
TI-Nspire CX II, TI- Nspire CX CAS II	Yes	Only using exploits	Yes	Yes^[8]

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Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is an American semiconductor company headquartered in Dallas, Texas that designs and manufactures semiconductors and various integrated circuits. It is one of the top 10 semiconductor companies worldwide based on sales volume. The company's focus is on developing analog chips and embedded processors, which account for more than 80% of its revenue. TI also produces TI digital light processing technology and education technology products including calculators, microcontrollers, and multi-core processors. The company holds 45,000 patents worldwide as of 2016.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">TI-89 series</span> Series of graphing calculators

The TI-89 and the TI-89 Titanium are graphing calculators developed by Texas Instruments (TI). They are differentiated from most other TI graphing calculators by their computer algebra system, which allows symbolic manipulation of algebraic expressions—equations can be solved in terms of variables, whereas the TI-83/84 series can only give a numeric result.

A graphing calculator is a handheld computer that is capable of plotting graphs, solving simultaneous equations, and performing other tasks with variables. Most popular graphing calculators are programmable calculators, allowing the user to create customized programs, typically for scientific, engineering or education applications. They have large screens that display several lines of text and calculations.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">TI-92 series</span> Series of graphing calculators produced by Texas Instruments

The TI-92 series are a line of graphing calculators produced by Texas Instruments. They include: the TI-92 (1995), the TI-92 II (1996), the TI-92 Plus and the Voyage 200 (2002). The design of these relatively large calculators includes a QWERTY keyboard. Because of this keyboard, it was given the status of a "computer" rather than "calculator" by American testing facilities and cannot be used on tests such as the SAT or AP Exams while the similar TI-89 can be.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">TI-83 series</span> Series of graphing calculators produced by Texas Instruments

The TI-83 series is a series of graphing calculators manufactured by Texas Instruments.

The TI-84 Plus is a graphing calculator made by Texas Instruments which was released in early 2004. There is no original TI-84, only the TI-84 Plus, the TI-84 Plus Silver Edition models, and the TI-84 Plus CE. The TI-84 Plus is an enhanced version of the TI-83 Plus. The key-by-key correspondence is relatively the same, but the TI-84 features improved hardware. The archive (ROM) is about 3 times as large, and the CPU is about 2.5 times as fast. A USB port and built-in clock functionality were also added. The USB port on the TI-84 Plus series is USB On-The-Go compliant, similar to the next generation TI-Nspire calculator, which supports connecting to USB based data collection devices and probes, and supports device to device transfers over USB rather than over the serial link port.

The TI-81 was the first graphing calculator made by Texas Instruments. It was designed in 1990 for use in algebra and precalculus courses. Since its release, it has been superseded by a series of newer calculators: the TI-85, TI-82, TI-83, TI-86, TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition, TI-Nspire, TI-Nspire CAS, TI-84 Plus CE, and most recently, the TI-84 Plus CE Python. Most of them share the original feature set and 96×64-pixel display that began with this calculator, with the exceptions of the TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition and the TI-84 Plus CE family.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">TI-80</span> Handheld graphing calculator (1995–98)

The TI-80 is a graphing calculator designed by Texas Instruments in 1995 to be used at a middle school level.

TI-BASIC is the official name of a BASIC-like language built into Texas Instruments (TI)'s graphing calculators. TI-BASIC is a language family of three different and incompatible versions, released on different products:

The TI 73 series is a series of graphing calculators made by Texas Instruments, all of which have identical hardware.

Programmable calculators are calculators that can automatically carry out a sequence of operations under control of a stored program. Most are Turing complete, and, as such, are theoretically general-purpose computers. However, their user interfaces and programming environments are specifically tailored to make performing small-scale numerical computations convenient, rather than general-purpose use.

TI Connect is an application available from Texas Instruments (TI) that allows users to transfer files between a TI graphing calculator and a computer via a link cable. While all models that are capable of linking are supported with the macOS version of TI-Connect, the TI-82 and TI-85 are not currently supported with the Windows version. It has been superseded with TI Connect CE.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Casio ClassPad 300</span> Family of graphing calculators by Casio

The Casio ClassPad 300, ClassPad 330 and fx-CP400 are stylus based touch-screen graphing calculators. It comes with a collection of applications that support self-study, like 3D Graph, Geometry, eActivity, Spreadsheet, etc. A large 160x240 pixel LCD touch screen enables stylus-based operation. It resembles Casio's earlier Pocket Viewer line. HP and Texas Instruments attempted to release similar pen based calculators (the HP Xpander and PET Project, but both were cancelled before release to the market.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">TI-Nspire series</span> Series of graphing calculators

The TI-Nspire is a graphing calculator line made by Texas Instruments, with the first version released on 25 September 2007. The calculators feature a non-QWERTY keyboard and a different key-by-key layout than Texas Instruments's previous flagship calculators such as the TI-89 series.

On graphing calculators, an assembly shell is a program that is used to run other programs written in the calculator's native machine code rather than the calculator's standard high-level programming language. While all assembly shells can run assembly programs, some can also run high-level programs. For example, MirageOS and DoorsCS, two popular TI-83+ assembly shells, can run TI-BASIC programs by placing a colon as the first bit of code on the first line in the program.

In computing, a character set is a system of assigning numbers to characters so that text can be represented as a list of numbers. For example, ASCII assigns 61 to "A". As part of the design process, Texas Instruments (TI) decided to modify the base Latin-1 character set for use with its calculator interface. By adding symbols to the character set, it was possible to reduce design complexity as much more complex parsing would have to have been used otherwise.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Texas Instruments signing key controversy</span> Refers to Texas Instruments response to a project to factorize cryptographic keys.

The Texas Instruments signing key controversy resulted from Texas Instruments' (TI) response to a project to factorize the 512-bit RSA cryptographic keys needed to write custom firmware to TI devices.

Cemetech is a programming and hardware development group and developer community founded in 2000. Its primary software focus is calculator programming for TI and Casio graphing calculators, and its primary hardware focus is on mobile and wearable computing hardware. Among its most notable projects are the Doors CS shell for the TI-83+ series of graphing calculators, the Clove 2 dataglove, the Ultimate Calculator, and the CALCnet / globalCALCnet system for networking graphing calculators and connecting them to the Internet. The Cemetech website hosts tools for calculator programmers, including the SourceCoder TI-BASIC IDE and the jsTIfied TI-83+/84+ emulator. The founder of the site, Dr. Christopher Mitchell, began the site to showcase his personal projects, but since its early days, it has branched out to become one of the several major sites of the TI calculator hobbyist community and a source for hardware and programming development assistance. It has incubated many software and hardware projects beginning in the calculator community at its roots but including microprocessor development, general electrical engineering, desktop applications, and mobile/web applications.

The HP Prime Graphing Calculator is a graphing calculator introduced by Hewlett-Packard in 2013 and manufactured by HP Inc. until the licensees Moravia Consulting spol. s r.o. and Royal Consumer Information Products, Inc. took over the continued development, manufacturing, distribution, marketing and support in 2022. It was designed with features resembling those of smartphones, such as a full-color touchscreen display and a user interface centered around different applications. It claims to be the world's smallest and thinnest CAS-enabled calculator currently available.

The Casio Algebra FX series was a line of graphing calculators manufactured by Casio Computer Co., Ltd from 1999 to 2003. They were the successor models to the CFX-9970G, the first Casio calculator with computer algebra system, or CAS, a program for symbolic manipulation of mathematical expressions. The calculators were discontinued and succeeded by the Casio ClassPad 300 in 2003.

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