AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 3.5x more texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 4.4 billion / sec
  • 20x more pipelines: 320 vs 16
  • 17x better floating-point performance: 499.2 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
  • 4.5x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 548 vs 169
  • 5.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 194 vs 38
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2264 vs 1016
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2264 vs 1016
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 November 2013 vs 1 August 2008
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s vs 4.4 billion / sec
Pipelines 320 vs 16
Floating-point performance 499.2 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 548 vs 169
PassMark - G2D Mark 194 vs 38
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2264 vs 1016
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2264 vs 1016

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

  • Around 92% higher core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 730 MHz
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1796 vs 1284
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1796 vs 1284
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1400 MHz vs 730 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1796 vs 1284
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1796 vs 1284

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
548
169
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
194
38
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1284
1796
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2264
1016
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1284
1796
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2264
1016
Name AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 548 169
PassMark - G2D Mark 194 38
Geekbench - OpenCL 4936
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 13.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 162.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.009
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 19.668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 77.819
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1119
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1284 1796
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2264 1016
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1119
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1284 1796
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2264 1016

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 240 OEM NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Tesla
Code name Oland G86
Launch date 1 November 2013 1 August 2008
Place in performance rating 1406 1460
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $79.99
Price now $79.99
Value for money (0-100) 3.05

Technical info

Boost clock speed 780 MHz
Core clock speed 730 MHz 1400 MHz
Floating-point performance 499.2 gflops 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 320 16
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s 4.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 210 million
CUDA cores 16
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm 6.6" (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None None
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 10.0
OpenGL 4.5 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 400 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR2

Technologies

CUDA
SLI