GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile vs 9400M (G) / ION (LE)

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RTX 3050 4GB Mobile RTX 3050 6GB Mobile RTX 3050 A Mobile RTX 3050 Max-Q RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB RTX 3050 Mobile RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh 4 GB RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh 6 GB RTX 3050 Ti Max-Q RTX 3050 Ti Mobile RTX 3060 Mobile

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE) and GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

9400M (G) / ION (LE)
2008
12 Watt
0.31

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile outperforms 9400M (G) / ION (LE) by a whopping 8381% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

9400M (G) / ION (LE) 9400M (G) / ION (LE)
RTX 3050 Ti Mobile RTX 3050 Ti Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1317207
Place by popularitynot in top-10088
Power efficiency1.8024.44
Architectureno dataAmpere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameMCP79MXGA106
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date14 October 2008 (16 years ago)11 May 2021 (3 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 cores162560
Core clock speed450 MHz735 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1035 MHz
Number of transistors282 Million13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rateno data82.80
Floating-point processing powerno data5.299 TFLOPS
ROPsno data48
TMUsno data80
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

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
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16

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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data4 GB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data192.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-

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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.2
CUDA-8.6

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD0−174
1440p0−144
4K-0−127

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−3000%
62
+3000%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−1733%
55−60
+1733%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−2450%
50−55
+2450%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−2850%
59
+2850%
Hitman 3 4−5
−1900%
80
+1900%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−1338%
110−120
+1338%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−2025%
85−90
+2025%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−725%
231
+725%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−1733%
55−60
+1733%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−2450%
50−55
+2450%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−2150%
45
+2150%
Hitman 3 4−5
−1825%
77
+1825%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−1338%
110−120
+1338%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−2525%
105
+2525%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−500%
50−55
+500%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−625%
203
+625%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−1733%
55−60
+1733%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−2450%
50−55
+2450%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−1900%
40
+1900%
Hitman 3 4−5
−1575%
67
+1575%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−1050%
92
+1050%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−2150%
90
+2150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−456%
50
+456%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
+0%
28
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 22
Hitman 3 6−7
−667%
46
+667%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
−3350%
69
+3350%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−2700%
56
+2700%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−1400%
14−16
+1400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 12−14

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−1350%
29
+1350%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60
+0%
60
+0%
Battlefield 5 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Metro Exodus 143
+0%
143
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 98
+0%
98
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35
+0%
35
+0%
Battlefield 5 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Metro Exodus 114
+0%
114
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 78
+0%
78
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 26
+0%
26
+0%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 81
+0%
81
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 26
+0%
26
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
Metro Exodus 60
+0%
60
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 61
+0%
61
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 139
+0%
139
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Hitman 3 20
+0%
20
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Metro Exodus 47
+0%
47
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 29
+0%
29
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 10
+0%
10
+0%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 34
+0%
34
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10
+0%
10
+0%

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is 3350% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is ahead in 28 tests (40%)
  • there's a draw in 42 tests (60%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 0.31 26.29
Recency 14 October 2008 11 May 2021
Chip lithography 65 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 75 Watt

9400M (G) / ION (LE) has 525% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile, on the other hand, has a 8380.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, and a 712.5% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE) in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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