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 |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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DirectX | 10.1 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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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 |
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