NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT vs ATI Mobility FireGL V5700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT and ATI Mobility FireGL V5700 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
  • 2.3x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 600 MHz
Launch date 1 August 2008 vs 7 January 2008
Core clock speed 1400 MHz vs 600 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility FireGL V5700

  • Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 4.8 GTexel / s vs 4.4 billion / sec
  • 7.5x more pipelines: 120 vs 16
  • 4.9x better floating-point performance: 144 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
  • 3.5x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2187 vs 1016
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2187 vs 1016
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 4.8 GTexel / s vs 4.4 billion / sec
Pipelines 120 vs 16
Floating-point performance 144 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2187 vs 1016
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2187 vs 1016

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
GPU 2: ATI Mobility FireGL V5700

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1016
2187
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1016
2187
Name NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT ATI Mobility FireGL V5700
PassMark - G3D Mark 162
PassMark - G2D Mark 39
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1796
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1016 2187
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1016 2187

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT ATI Mobility FireGL V5700

Essentials

Architecture Tesla TeraScale
Code name G86 M86
Launch date 1 August 2008 7 January 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $79.99
Place in performance rating 1467 1469
Price now $79.99
Type Desktop Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100) 3.05

Technical info

Core clock speed 1400 MHz 600 MHz
CUDA cores 16
Floating-point performance 29.376 gflops 144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 80 nm 55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 16 120
Texture fill rate 4.4 billion / sec 4.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt
Transistor count 210 million 378 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVI No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 6.6" (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.1
OpenGL 2.1 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s 22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 400 MHz 1400 MHz
Memory type DDR2 DDR2 / GDDR3 / GDDR4
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
SLI
PCI-E 2.0