AMD Radeon HD 7310 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9400

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7310 and NVIDIA GeForce 9400 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7310

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
  • Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 128 vs 99
  • Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1230 vs 800
  • Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1230 vs 800
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 May 2012 vs 17 April 2007
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 128 vs 99
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1230 vs 800
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1230 vs 800

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9400

  • Around 16% higher core clock speed: 580 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 72 vs 44
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 580 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 72 vs 44

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7310
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9400

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
44
72
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
128
99
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1230
800
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1230
800
Name AMD Radeon HD 7310 NVIDIA GeForce 9400
Geekbench - OpenCL 1780
PassMark - G2D Mark 44 72
PassMark - G3D Mark 128 99
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 736
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 736
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1230 800
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1230 800

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 7310 NVIDIA GeForce 9400

Essentials

Architecture Terascale 2 Tesla
Code name Zacate MCP7A
Launch date 1 May 2012 17 April 2007
Place in performance rating 1606 1605
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 500 MHz 580 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 80
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt
Transistor count 210 million

API support

DirectX 11 10.0
OpenGL 3.3

Memory

Shared memory 1

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCI