NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9400

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 and NVIDIA GeForce 9400 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 220

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 2.3x more core clock speed: 1360 MHz vs 580 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
  • Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 220 vs 126
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1686 vs 800
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1686 vs 800
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 26 January 2010 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed 1360 MHz vs 580 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 220 vs 126
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1686 vs 800
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1686 vs 800

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9400

  • Around 45% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 58 Watt
  • Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 61 vs 44
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt vs 58 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 61 vs 44

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9400

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
220
126
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
44
61
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1686
800
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1686
800
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 NVIDIA GeForce 9400
PassMark - G3D Mark 220 126
PassMark - G2D Mark 44 61
Geekbench - OpenCL 5892
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1686 800
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1686 800

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 NVIDIA GeForce 9400

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Tesla
Code name G94 MCP7A
Launch date 26 January 2010 17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $79.99
Place in performance rating 1583 1631
Price now $79.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 5.72

Technical info

Core clock speed 1360 MHz 580 MHz
CUDA cores 48
Floating-point performance 144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 48
Texture fill rate 14.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 58 Watt 40 Watt
Transistor count 505 million 210 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF + HDA
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, VGADVIHDMI 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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 PCI
Length 6.6" (16.8 cm)

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 3.1 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 25.3 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 790 MHz
Memory type GDDR3

Technologies

CUDA