Intel GMA X4500MHD vs NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of Intel GMA X4500MHD 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel GMA X4500MHD

  • 3.8x lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 50 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 13 Watt vs 50 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 2

  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 533 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Core clock speed 550 MHz vs 533 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 65 nm

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel GMA X4500MHD NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 2

Essentials

Architecture Generation 5.0 Tesla
Code name Cantiga G96C
Launch date 1 September 2008 27 August 2008
Place in performance rating not rated not rated
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 533 MHz 550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 13 Watt 50 Watt
Floating-point performance 44.8 gflops
Pipelines 16
Texture fill rate 4.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count 314 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 2.0 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz
Memory type GDDR3

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