Radeon 780M vs GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE)

Place in the ranking	1317	298
Place by popularity	not in top-100	47
Power efficiency	1.80	85.22
Architecture	no data	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code name	MCP79MX	Hawx Point
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	14 October 2008 (16 years ago)	6 December 2023 (less than a year 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	768
Core clock speed	450 MHz	800 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2700 MHz
Number of transistors	282 Million	25,390 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	129.6
Floating-point processing power	no data	8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	32
TMUs	no data	48
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	12

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 x8
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	no data	System Shared
Memory bus width	no data	System Shared
Memory clock speed	no data	System Shared
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

Portable Device Dependent

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	6.8
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.1
Vulkan	-	1.3

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

Radeon 780M 18.33
+5813%

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

Radeon 780M 41622
+6757%

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	0−1	36
1440p	-0−1	20
4K	-0−1	15

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−1850%

39
+1850%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1267%	40−45 +1267%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1750%	35−40 +1750%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1450%	31 +1450%
Hitman 3	4−5 −775%	35−40 +775%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −1025%	90−95 +1025%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −1400%	60−65 +1400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −211%	85−90 +211%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1267%	40−45 +1267%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1750%	35−40 +1750%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1100%	24 +1100%
Hitman 3	4−5 −775%	35−40 +775%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −1025%	90−95 +1025%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −1250%	54 +1250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −367%	40−45 +367%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −211%	85−90 +211%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1267%	40−45 +1267%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1750%	35−40 +1750%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1050%	23 +1050%
Hitman 3	4−5 −775%	35−40 +775%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −563%	53 +563%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −1050%	46 +1050%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −222%	29 +222%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 +55.6%	18 −55.6%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	10−11
Hitman 3	6−7 −267%	21−24 +267%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −1750%	35−40 +1750%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−1400%

30−33
+1400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1000%	10−12 +1000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	9−10

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−700%

16−18
+700%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Battlefield 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Metro Exodus	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Battlefield 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Metro Exodus	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

45−50

+0%

45−50

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	100−105 +0%	100−105 +0%
Metro Exodus	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	32 +0%	32 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20 +0%	20 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Hitman 3	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Metro Exodus	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	15 +0%	15 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	17 +0%	17 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the 9400M (G) / ION (LE) is 56% faster.
in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the Radeon 780M is 1850% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

9400M (G) / ION (LE) is ahead in 1 test (1%)
Radeon 780M is ahead in 28 tests (40%)
there's a draw in 41 test (59%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.31	18.33
Recency	14 October 2008	6 December 2023
Chip lithography	65 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	15 Watt

9400M (G) / ION (LE) has 25% lower power consumption.

Radeon 780M, on the other hand, has a 5812.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 15 years, and a 1525% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon 780M 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.