GeForce RTX 4090 D vs 9400M (G) / ION (LE)

Place in the ranking	1317	2
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	17.65
Power efficiency	1.80	15.40
Architecture	no data	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	MCP79MX	AD102
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	14 October 2008 (16 years ago)	28 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	16	14592
Core clock speed	450 MHz	2280 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2520 MHz
Number of transistors	282 Million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	425 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	1,149
Floating-point processing power	no data	73.54 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	176
TMUs	no data	456
Tensor Cores	no data	456
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	114

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).

Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	304 mm
Width	no data	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-pin

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	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	no data	24 GB
Memory bus width	no data	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	1,008 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	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

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	6.7
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.3
CUDA	-	8.9

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−29900%

600−650
+29900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −29900%	900−950 +29900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −29900%	600−650 +29900%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −29900%	600−650 +29900%
Hitman 3	4−5 −29900%	1200−1250 +29900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −29900%	2400−2450 +29900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −29900%	1200−1250 +29900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −30079%	8450−8500 +30079%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −29900%	900−950 +29900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −29900%	600−650 +29900%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −29900%	600−650 +29900%
Hitman 3	4−5 −29900%	1200−1250 +29900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −29900%	2400−2450 +29900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −29900%	1200−1250 +29900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −29900%	2700−2750 +29900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −30079%	8450−8500 +30079%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −29900%	900−950 +29900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −29900%	600−650 +29900%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −29900%	600−650 +29900%
Hitman 3	4−5 −29900%	1200−1250 +29900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −29900%	2400−2450 +29900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −29900%	1200−1250 +29900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −29900%	2700−2750 +29900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −30079%	8450−8500 +30079%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7 −29900%	1800−1850 +29900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −29900%	600−650 +29900%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−29900%

600−650
+29900%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −29900%	300−310 +29900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−29900%

600−650
+29900%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.31	93.83
Recency	14 October 2008	28 December 2023
Chip lithography	65 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	425 Watt

9400M (G) / ION (LE) has 3441.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090 D, on the other hand, has a 30167.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 15 years, and a 1200% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4090 D is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE) in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE) is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4090 D is a desktop one.

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