GeForce G102M vs 9400M G

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 9400M G and GeForce G102M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

9400M G
2008
12 Watt
0.17

G102M outperforms 9400M G by a whopping 153% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking14081247
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.972.11
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameC79C79
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 October 2008 (16 years ago)8 January 2009 (15 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 cores1616
Core clock speed450 MHz450 MHz
Number of transistors314 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12 Watt14 Watt
Texture fill rate3.6003.600
Floating-point processing power0.0352 TFLOPS0.0352 TFLOPS
Gigaflopsno data48
ROPs44
TMUs88

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).

Bus supportno dataPCI-E 1.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 1.0 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 typeSystem SharedGDDR2
Maximum RAM amountSystem SharedUp to 512 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared400 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data6.4 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 outputsVGAHDMIDisplayPortSingle Link DVILVDS
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power managementno data8.0

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.04.0
OpenGL3.32.1
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-+

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 0.17
GeForce G102M 0.43
+153%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

9400M G 67
GeForce G102M 167
+149%

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.17 0.43
Recency 15 October 2008 8 January 2009
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 14 Watt

9400M G has 16.7% lower power consumption.

GeForce G102M, on the other hand, has a 152.9% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 2 months.

The GeForce G102M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9400M G in performance tests.


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Community ratings

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