NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP vs NVIDIA GeForce 9400M G

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M G videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 22% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 123 vs 68
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 75 vs 61
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 December 2009 vs 15 October 2008
Core clock speed 550 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 123 vs 68
PassMark - G2D Mark 75 vs 61

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M G

  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 28 Watt
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1044 vs 1023
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1044 vs 1023
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12 Watt vs 28 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1044 vs 1023
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1044 vs 1023

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M G

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
123
68
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
75
61
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1023
1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1023
1044
Name NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP NVIDIA GeForce 9400M G
PassMark - G3D Mark 123 68
PassMark - G2D Mark 75 61
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1023 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1023 1044
Geekbench - OpenCL 2855

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP NVIDIA GeForce 9400M G

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0 Tesla
Code name GT218 C79MX
Launch date 1 December 2009 15 October 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $169
Place in performance rating 1600 1602
Type Workstation Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 550 MHz 450 MHz
Floating-point performance 44 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 16
Texture fill rate 4.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 28 Watt 12 Watt
Transistor count 260 million 314 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 10.1 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR3