NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT PCI and NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS 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 9800M GTS

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
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 75 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 75 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 550 MHz
4.4x more texture fill rate: 19.2 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 64 vs 16
4.3x better floating-point performance: 192 gflops vs 44.8 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	64 vs 16
Floating-point performance	192 gflops vs 44.8 gflops
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT PCI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT PCI	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS
PassMark - G3D Mark		376
PassMark - G2D Mark		87
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3076
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3076

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT PCI	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G96C	G94
Launch date	27 August 2008	21 August 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	1339
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	44.8 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	16	64
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Gigaflops		240
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
PureVideo HD