NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT PCI and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT PCI

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT PCI

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 275 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 4.4 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 130 nm
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 532 MHz

Launch date	27 August 2008 vs 30 September 2005
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 130 nm
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 532 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT PCI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT PCI	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE
PassMark - G2D Mark		166
PassMark - G3D Mark		59

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT PCI	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XE
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G96C	NV40 A1
Launch date	27 August 2008	30 September 2005
Place in performance rating	not rated	1051
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	44.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 8x
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	8.51 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	532 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2