ATI Radeon E4690 vs GeForce 9400M GeForceBoost
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1166 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 2.49 |
| Architecture | no data | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | no data | RV730 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 3 June 2008 (17 years ago) | 1 June 2009 (16 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 | 24 | 320 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 600 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 514 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 30 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 19.20 |
| ROPs | no data | 8 |
| TMUs | no data | 32 |
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 | MXM-II |
| Width | no data | MXM Module |
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 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 1400 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 22.4 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10 | 10.1 |
| Shader Model | no data | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | no data | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 June 2008 | 1 June 2009 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 55 nm |
ATI E4690 has an age advantage of 11 months, and a 18% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 9400M GeForceBoost and Radeon E4690. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 9400M GeForceBoost is a notebook graphics card while Radeon E4690 is a desktop one.
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