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).

 

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 163
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

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