NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT vs ATI Radeon IGP 345M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT and ATI Radeon IGP 345M 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 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 7.7x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 183 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 180 nm
  • 54x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 162 vs 3
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 August 2008 vs 5 October 2002
Core clock speed 1400 MHz vs 183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 80 nm vs 180 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 162 vs 3

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon IGP 345M

  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 82 vs 39
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 82 vs 39

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon IGP 345M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
162
3
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
39
82
Name NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT ATI Radeon IGP 345M
PassMark - G3D Mark 162 3
PassMark - G2D Mark 39 82
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1796
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1016
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1016

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT ATI Radeon IGP 345M

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Rage 6
Code name G86 RS200
Launch date 1 August 2008 5 October 2002
Launch price (MSRP) $79.99
Place in performance rating 1467 1470
Price now $79.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 3.05

Technical info

Core clock speed 1400 MHz 183 MHz
CUDA cores 16
Floating-point performance 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 80 nm 180 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 16
Texture fill rate 4.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt
Transistor count 210 million 30 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 AGP 4x
Length 6.6" (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 10.0 7.0
OpenGL 2.1 1.4

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 400 MHz
Memory type DDR2

Technologies

CUDA
SLI