NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS 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 9700M GTS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

2.6x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 530 MHz
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 60 Watt

Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 530 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 60 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

2.9x more texture fill rate: 12.72 GTexel / s vs 4.4 billion / sec
3x more pipelines: 48 vs 16
4.3x better floating-point performance: 127.2 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
4x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 278 vs 169
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3297 vs 1016
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3297 vs 1016

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	12.72 GTexel / s vs 4.4 billion / sec
Pipelines	48 vs 16
Floating-point performance	127.2 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	278 vs 169
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3297 vs 1016
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3297 vs 1016

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

169

278

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1016

3297

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1016

3297

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
PassMark - G3D Mark	169	278
PassMark - G2D Mark	38	38
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1796
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1016	3297
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1016	3297

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G86	G94
Launch date	1 August 2008	29 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$79.99
Place in performance rating	1460	1461
Price now	$79.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	3.05
Technical info
Core clock speed	1400 MHz	530 MHz
CUDA cores	16	48
Floating-point performance	29.376 gflops	127.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	16	48
Texture fill rate	4.4 billion / sec	12.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	505 million
Gigaflops		180
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	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	6.6" (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
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	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
SLI
HybridPower
PureVideo HD