RTX 4000 Ada Generation Mobile vs GeForce 9400 GT PCI

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated37
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data26.98
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameG96Cno data
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date27 August 2008 (16 years ago)21 March 2023 (1 year ago)

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 cores167424
Core clock speed550 MHzno data
Number of transistors314 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt150 Watt (60 - 150 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate4.400no data
Floating-point processing power0.0448 TFLOPSno data
ROPs4no data
TMUs8no data

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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIno data
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDR2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data-

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-Videono data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.3no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 August 2008 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 150 Watt

9400 GT PCI has 200% lower power consumption.

RTX 4000 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1000% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9400 GT PCI and RTX 4000 Ada Generation Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9400 GT PCI is a desktop card while RTX 4000 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT PCI
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