NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS 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 2 month(s) later
- 2.5x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 567 MHz
- 2x more pipelines: 16 vs 8
- Around 31% better floating-point performance: 29.376 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
- Around 60% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 163 vs 102
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 1 August 2008 vs 1 June 2008 |
Core clock speed | 1400 MHz vs 567 MHz |
Pipelines | 16 vs 8 |
Floating-point performance | 29.376 gflops vs 22.4 gflops |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 163 vs 102 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS
- Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 4.54 GTexel / s vs 4.4 billion / sec
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
- Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 666 MHz vs 400 MHz
- 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 80 vs 39
Specifications (specs) | |
Texture fill rate | 4.54 GTexel / s vs 4.4 billion / sec |
Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm vs 80 nm |
Memory clock speed | 666 MHz vs 400 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 80 vs 39 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT | NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 163 | 102 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 39 | 80 |
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 9300 GS | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla | Tesla |
Code name | G86 | G98 |
Launch date | 1 August 2008 | 1 June 2008 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $79.99 | $59.95 |
Place in performance rating | 1468 | 1469 |
Price now | $79.99 | $59.95 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 3.05 | 1.99 |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 1400 MHz | 567 MHz |
CUDA cores | 16 | |
Floating-point performance | 29.376 gflops | 22.4 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 65 nm |
Maximum GPU temperature | 105 °C | |
Pipelines | 16 | 8 |
Texture fill rate | 4.4 billion / sec | 4.54 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt | |
Transistor count | 210 million | 210 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 | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
HDMI | ||
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) | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 | 5.33 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 400 MHz | 666 MHz |
Memory type | DDR2 | DDR2 |
Technologies |
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