NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT vs ATI Radeon HD 3850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT and ATI Radeon HD 3850 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 Radeon HD 3850

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 668 MHz
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 40 vs 30

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 August 2008 vs 19 November 2007
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 668 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	40 vs 30

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850

2.4x more texture fill rate: 10.69 GTexel / s vs 4.4 billion / sec
20x more pipelines: 320 vs 16
14.6x better floating-point performance: 427.5 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
4.2x more memory clock speed: 1660 MHz vs 400 MHz
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 393 vs 145
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3345 vs 1016
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3345 vs 1016

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	10.69 GTexel / s vs 4.4 billion / sec
Pipelines	320 vs 16
Floating-point performance	427.5 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	1660 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	393 vs 145
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345 vs 1016
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345 vs 1016

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

145

393

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1016

3345

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1016

3345

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT	ATI Radeon HD 3850
PassMark - G3D Mark	145	393
PassMark - G2D Mark	40	30
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1796
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1016	3345
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1016	3345

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT	ATI Radeon HD 3850
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G86	RV670
Launch date	1 August 2008	19 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$79.99	$179
Place in performance rating	1462	1465
Price now	$79.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	3.05
Technical info
Core clock speed	1400 MHz	668 MHz
CUDA cores	16
Floating-point performance	29.376 gflops	427.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	16	320
Texture fill rate	4.4 billion / sec	10.69 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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)	208 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	53.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	1660 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA
SLI