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).

NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

ATI Mobility FireGL V5700

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	145
PassMark - G2D Mark	40
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	1462	1464
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