NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 4.71 GTexel / s vs 4.4 billion / sec
Around 53% better floating-point performance: 44.86 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 50 Watt
4x more memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 55 vs 38

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 September 2010 vs 1 August 2008
Texture fill rate	4.71 GTexel / s vs 4.4 billion / sec
Floating-point performance	44.86 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	55 vs 38
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1017 vs 1016
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1017 vs 1016

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

2.4x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 589 MHz
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 169 vs 118

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 589 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	169 vs 118

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

118

169

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1017

1016

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1017

1016

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
PassMark - G2D Mark	55	38
PassMark - G3D Mark	118	169
Geekbench - OpenCL	2795
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1017	1016
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1017	1016
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1796

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G86
Launch date	3 September 2010	1 August 2008
Place in performance rating	1637	1460
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$79.99
Price now		$79.99
Value for money (0-100)		3.05
Technical info
Core clock speed	589 MHz	1400 MHz
Floating-point performance	44.86 gflops	29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	16	16
Texture fill rate	4.71 GTexel / s	4.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	210 million
CUDA cores		16
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	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
Length	168 mm	6.6" (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.64 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR2
Technologies
CUDA
SLI