NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 2 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 2 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 2

NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 2

2x more texture fill rate: 4.4 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 16 vs 8
2x better floating-point performance: 44.8 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB

Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	16 vs 8
Floating-point performance	44.8 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 800 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 2
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 2	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M
PassMark - G3D Mark		93
PassMark - G2D Mark		334

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 2	NVIDIA Quadro FX 370M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G96C	G98
Launch date	27 August 2008	15 August 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated	485
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	44.8 gflops	22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	16	8
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-II
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory		0