ATI Radeon HD 3550 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3550 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 3550

NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3550

2.5x more pipelines: 40 vs 16
Around 62% better floating-point performance: 47.52 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 98% higher memory clock speed: 792 MHz vs 400 MHz

Pipelines	40 vs 16
Floating-point performance	47.52 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed	792 MHz vs 400 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

2.4x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 594 MHz
Around 85% higher texture fill rate: 4.4 billion / sec vs 2.376 GTexel / s

Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 594 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.4 billion / sec vs 2.376 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3550
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3550	NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark		156
PassMark - G2D Mark		39
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1796
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1016
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1016

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3550	NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV620	G86
Launch date	4 August 2008	1 August 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	1468
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$79.99
Price now		$79.99
Value for money (0-100)		3.05
Technical info
Core clock speed	594 MHz	1400 MHz
Floating-point performance	47.52 gflops	29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	40	16
Texture fill rate	2.376 GTexel / s	4.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	181 million	210 million
CUDA cores		16
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DisplayPort	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 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		6.6" (16.8 cm)
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.34 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	792 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2
Technologies
CUDA
SLI