NVIDIA GeForce 9400M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9400M and NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M

NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
4.2x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 55 vs 38
Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1117 vs 1016
Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1117 vs 1016

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 October 2008 vs 1 August 2008
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	55 vs 38
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1117 vs 1016
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1117 vs 1016

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

2.4x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 580 MHz
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 169 vs 101

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 580 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	169 vs 101

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

101

169

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1117

1016

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1117

1016

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9400M	NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	101	169
PassMark - G2D Mark	55	38
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	0.537
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1117	1016
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1117	1016
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1796

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9400M	NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	C79MX	G86
Launch date	15 October 2008	1 August 2008
Place in performance rating	1647	1460
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$79.99
Price now		$79.99
Value for money (0-100)		3.05
Technical info
Core clock speed	580 MHz	1400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	314 million	210 million
CUDA cores		16
Floating-point performance		29.376 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Pipelines		16
Texture fill rate		4.4 billion / sec
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		6.6" (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		400 MHz
Memory type		DDR2
Technologies
CUDA
SLI