NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT PCI

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT PCI 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 GTS 250

NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
3.3x more core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 550 MHz
10.7x more texture fill rate: 47.2 billion / sec vs 4.4 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 128 vs 16
8.6x better floating-point performance: 387.1 gflops vs 44.8 gflops
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 800 MHz

Launch date	4 March 2009 vs 27 August 2008
Core clock speed	1836 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	128 vs 16
Floating-point performance	387.1 gflops vs 44.8 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT PCI

3x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT PCI

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250	NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT PCI
PassMark - G3D Mark	591
PassMark - G2D Mark	54
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3108
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250	NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT PCI
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G92B	G96C
Launch date	4 March 2009	27 August 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	1021	not rated
Price now	$114.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	9.91
Technical info
Core clock speed	1836 MHz	550 MHz
CUDA cores	128
Floating-point performance	387.1 gflops	44.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	128	16
Texture fill rate	47.2 billion / sec	4.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, Two Dual Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Length	9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)	168 mm
SLI options	2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.0	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	70.4 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI