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 59% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 162 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 162 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
GPU 1
GPU 2
162
102
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
39
80
Name NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark 162 102
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

Essentials

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

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

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
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)
Supplementary power connectors None None

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 5.33 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 400 MHz 666 MHz
Memory type DDR2 DDR2

Technologies

CUDA
SLI