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
GPU 1
GPU 2
162
393
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
39
30
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 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

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 1468 1471
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