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.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M G

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

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	1593	1595
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