ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 and NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650

NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2x more texture fill rate: 9 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
25x more pipelines: 400 vs 16
8x better floating-point performance: 360.0 gflops vs 44.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz

Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 27 August 2008
Texture fill rate	9 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	400 vs 16
Floating-point performance	360.0 gflops vs 44.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 2

Around 22% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 450 MHz

Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 450 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 2

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650	NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 2
PassMark - G3D Mark	449
PassMark - G2D Mark	145
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340
Geekbench - OpenCL	3776
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650	NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 2
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Madison	G96C
Launch date	7 January 2010	27 August 2008
Place in performance rating	1371	not rated
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	650 MHz
Core clock speed	450 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	360.0 gflops	44.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	400	16
Texture fill rate	9 GTexel / s	4.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	627 million	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0