NVIDIA GeForce 210 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 210 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 NVIDIA GeForce 210

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 34% better floating-point performance: 39.36 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
  • Around 61% lower typical power consumption: 30.5 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Launch date 12 October 2009 vs 1 August 2008
Core clock speed 1402 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Floating-point performance 39.36 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30.5 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed 500 MHz vs 400 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

  • Around 6% higher texture fill rate: 4.4 billion / sec vs 4.16 GTexel / s
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 169 vs 126
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 38 vs 30
  • 3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1796 vs 497
  • 3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1796 vs 497
  • Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1016 vs 688
  • Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1016 vs 688
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 4.4 billion / sec vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 169 vs 126
PassMark - G2D Mark 38 vs 30
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1796 vs 497
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1796 vs 497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1016 vs 688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1016 vs 688

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 210
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
126
169
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
30
38
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
497
1796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
497
1796
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
688
1016
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
688
1016
Name NVIDIA GeForce 210 NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 126 169
PassMark - G2D Mark 30 38
Geekbench - OpenCL 2438
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 497 1796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 497 1796
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 688 1016
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 688 1016

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 210 NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0 Tesla
Code name GT218 G86
Launch date 12 October 2009 1 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $29.49 $79.99
Place in performance rating 1674 1460
Price now $32.99 $79.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 6.81 3.05

Technical info

Core clock speed 1402 MHz 1400 MHz
CUDA cores 16 16
Floating-point performance 39.36 gflops 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C 105 °C
Pipelines 16 16
Texture fill rate 4.16 GTexel / s 4.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30.5 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 260 million 210 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal S / PDIF
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA, DVIVGADisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI-E 2.0 PCI-E 2.0
Height 2.731" (6.9 cm) 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 6.60" (16.8 cm) 6.6" (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 10.1 10.0
OpenGL 3.1 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 8.0 GB / s 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 500 MHz 400 MHz
Memory type GDDR2 DDR2

Technologies

CUDA
SLI