RTX A4000 vs GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE) with RTX A4000, including specs and performance data.

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

RTX A4000 outperforms 9400M (G) / ION (LE) by a whopping 16194% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking131958
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.7724.73
Architectureno dataAmpere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameMCP79MXGA104
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date14 October 2008 (16 years ago)12 April 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 cores166144
Core clock speed450 MHz735 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1560 MHz
Number of transistors282 Million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12 Watt140 Watt
Texture fill rateno data299.5
Floating-point processing powerno data19.17 TFLOPS
ROPsno data96
TMUsno data192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data16 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data448.0 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 data4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
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.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−14900%
300−310
+14900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−14900%
450−500
+14900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−14900%
300−310
+14900%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−14900%
300−310
+14900%
Hitman 3 4−5
−16150%
650−700
+16150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−16150%
1300−1350
+16150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−16150%
650−700
+16150%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−16150%
4550−4600
+16150%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−14900%
450−500
+14900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−14900%
300−310
+14900%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−14900%
300−310
+14900%
Hitman 3 4−5
−16150%
650−700
+16150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−16150%
1300−1350
+16150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−16150%
650−700
+16150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−16011%
1450−1500
+16011%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−16150%
4550−4600
+16150%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−14900%
450−500
+14900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−14900%
300−310
+14900%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−14900%
300−310
+14900%
Hitman 3 4−5
−16150%
650−700
+16150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−16150%
1300−1350
+16150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−16150%
650−700
+16150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−16011%
1450−1500
+16011%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−16150%
4550−4600
+16150%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Hitman 3 6−7
−15733%
950−1000
+15733%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
−14900%
300−310
+14900%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−14900%
300−310
+14900%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−15900%
160−170
+15900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−14900%
300−310
+14900%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.31 50.51
Recency 14 October 2008 12 April 2021
Chip lithography 65 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 140 Watt

9400M (G) / ION (LE) has 1066.7% lower power consumption.

RTX A4000, on the other hand, has a 16193.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, and a 712.5% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A4000 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 RTX A4000 is a 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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