NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT PCI and NVIDIA GeForce 9650M 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT PCI

NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT PCI

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm

Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT

2x more texture fill rate: 8.8 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 32 vs 16
Around 89% better floating-point performance: 84.8 gflops vs 44.8 gflops
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 50 Watt
2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz

Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	32 vs 16
Floating-point performance	84.8 gflops vs 44.8 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT PCI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT PCI	NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT
PassMark - G3D Mark		137
PassMark - G2D Mark		57
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1465
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1465

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT PCI	NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G96C	G96
Launch date	27 August 2008	19 August 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	1579
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	44.8 gflops	84.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	16	32
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s	8.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	314 million
CUDA cores		32
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution		1920x1200
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	MXM-II
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
PCI-E 2.0