GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3 vs 7300 GT

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameG73GT218
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date15 May 2006 (18 years ago)13 June 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$149.99 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data16
Core clock speed350 MHz589 MHz
Number of transistors177 million260 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)24 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate2.8004.712
Floating-point processing powerno data0.04486 TFLOPS
ROPs84
TMUs88

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR2DDR2
Maximum RAM amount128 MB128 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed325 MHz600 MHz
Memory bandwidth10.4 GB/s9.6 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model3.04.1
OpenGL2.13.3
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-1.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 May 2006 13 June 2012
Chip lithography 90 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 24 Watt 50 Watt

7300 GT has 108.3% lower power consumption.

9400 GT Rev. 3, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 125% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 7300 GT and GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
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