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).
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 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 39 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 | 39 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
- 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 393 vs 162
- 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 162 |
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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT | ATI Radeon HD 3850 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 162 | 393 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 39 | 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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 | 1468 | 1471 |
Price now | $79.99 | |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 3.05 | |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Audio input for HDMI | S / PDIF | |
Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVI | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
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Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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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 |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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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 |
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