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

Place in the ranking	1317	235
Place by popularity	not in top-100	45
Power efficiency	1.80	21.99
Architecture	no data	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	MCP79MX	GA107
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	14 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 cores	16	2048
Core clock speed	450 MHz	712 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1057 MHz
Number of transistors	282 Million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	67.65
Floating-point processing power	no data	4.329 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	40
TMUs	no data	64
Tensor Cores	no data	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16

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 size	no data	large
Interface	no data	PCIe 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 type	no data	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	no data	4 GB
Memory bus width	no data	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	192.0 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 Connectors

no data

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	10.0	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.6
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.2
CUDA	-	8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

9400M (G) / ION (LE) 0.31

RTX 3050 Mobile 23.65
+7529%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

9400M (G) / ION (LE) 607

RTX 3050 Mobile 77234
+12624%

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 HD	1−2 −9100%	92 +9100%
1440p	0−1	51
4K	-0−1	33

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−5200%

106
+5200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1633%	50−55 +1633%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −2300%	45−50 +2300%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −4050%	83 +4050%
Hitman 3	4−5 −1075%	45−50 +1075%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −1275%	110−120 +1275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −1900%	80−85 +1900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −257%	100−105 +257%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1633%	50−55 +1633%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −2300%	45−50 +2300%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2950%	61 +2950%
Hitman 3	4−5 −1075%	45−50 +1075%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −1275%	110−120 +1275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −2975%	123 +2975%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −467%	50−55 +467%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −257%	100−105 +257%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1633%	50−55 +1633%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −2300%	45−50 +2300%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2950%	61 +2950%
Hitman 3	4−5 −1075%	45−50 +1075%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −1238%	107 +1238%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −2550%	106 +2550%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −622%	65 +622%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −154%	71 +154%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	30
Hitman 3	6−7 −367%	27−30 +367%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −3800%	78 +3800%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−1850%

35−40
+1850%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1300%	14−16 +1300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	24

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−950%

21−24
+950%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	75 +0%	75 +0%
Battlefield 5	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Far Cry 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Metro Exodus	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	62 +0%	62 +0%
Battlefield 5	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Far Cry 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Metro Exodus	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	53 +0%	53 +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

60−65

+0%

60−65

+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	40 +0%	40 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Far Cry 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Metro Exodus	69 +0%	69 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	78 +0%	78 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Hitman 3	34 +0%	34 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Metro Exodus	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	44 +0%	44 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	12 +0%	12 +0%
Far Cry 5	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45 +0%	45 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	19 +0%	19 +0%

This is how 9400M (G) / ION (LE) and RTX 3050 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 3050 Mobile is 9100% faster in 1080p

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

in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the RTX 3050 Mobile is 5200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 3050 Mobile is ahead in 29 tests (41%)
there's a draw in 41 test (59%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.31	23.65
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 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 7529% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, and a 712.5% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3050 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.