GeForce4 MX 4000 vs GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 2

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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
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code nameG96CNV18 A4
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date27 August 2008 (16 years ago)14 December 2003 (20 years 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 cores16no data
Core clock speed550 MHz250 MHz
Number of transistors314 million29 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Wattno data
Texture fill rate4.4001.000
Floating-point processing power0.0448 TFLOPSno data
ROPs42
TMUs84

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 x16AGP 8x
Length168 mm168 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 typeGDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount512 MB128 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz166 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s2.656 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 VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)8.0
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.31.3
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 August 2008 14 December 2003
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 128 MB
Chip lithography 55 nm 150 nm

9400 GT Rev. 2 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 172.7% more advanced lithography process.

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NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 2
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