Quadro P5000 Max-Q vs GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE)
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | no data | Pascal (2016−2021) |
| GPU code name | MCP79MX | N17E-Q5 Max-Q |
| Market segment | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 14 October 2008 (16 years ago) | 11 January 2017 (7 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 | 1101 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1366 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 282 Million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 16 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 100 Watt |
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 |
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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 6006 MHz |
| Shared memory | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Optimus | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.0 | 12_1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 14 October 2008 | 11 January 2017 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 16 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 100 Watt |
9400M (G) / ION (LE) has 733.3% lower power consumption.
P5000 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, and a 306.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE) and Quadro P5000 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE) is a notebook graphics card while Quadro P5000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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