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).

NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS

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

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	1467	1468
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