GeForce 405 OEM vs 9300 GE

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1370not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameG98GT216
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 June 2008 (16 years ago)3 September 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$22.99 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 cores824
Core clock speed540 MHz475 MHz
Number of transistors210 million486 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data25 Watt
Texture fill rate4.3205.700
Floating-point processing power0.0208 TFLOPS0.0528 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs812

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 2.0 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 amount256 MB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s12.8 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 HDMI, 1x VGA1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.04.1
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.11.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2008 3 September 2010
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 40 nm

405 OEM has an age advantage of 2 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9300 GE and GeForce 405 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.


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