NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE 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

NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
4x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 350 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 110 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
5.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 169 vs 33

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 August 2008 vs 4 April 2005
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	169 vs 33

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE

159.1x more texture fill rate: 700 MTexel / s vs 4.4 billion / sec
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 532 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 56 vs 38

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	700 MTexel / s vs 4.4 billion / sec
Memory clock speed	532 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	56 vs 38

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

169

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE
PassMark - G3D Mark	169	33
PassMark - G2D Mark	38	56
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	NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G86	NV44 A2
Launch date	1 August 2008	4 April 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$79.99	$41.24
Place in performance rating	1460	1600
Price now	$79.99	$41.24
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	3.05	0.81
Technical info
Core clock speed	1400 MHz	350 MHz
CUDA cores	16
Floating-point performance	29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	110 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	4.4 billion / sec	700 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 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 1.0 x16
Length	6.6" (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	532 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR
Technologies
CUDA
SLI