Tesla M6 vs GeForce 9400M

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated327
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data11.32
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameC79GM204
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date15 October 2008 (16 years ago)30 August 2015 (9 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 cores161536
Core clock speed580 MHz930 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1180 MHz
Number of transistors314 million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate4.640113.3
Floating-point processing power0.0448 TFLOPS3.625 TFLOPS
ROPs464
TMUs896

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
WidthIGPMXM Module
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared8 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1253 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data160.4 GB/s

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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.4
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA-5.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



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.

GeForce 9400M 101
Tesla M6 6284
+6122%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 October 2008 30 August 2015
Chip lithography 65 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 100 Watt

GeForce 9400M has 733.3% lower power consumption.

Tesla M6, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9400M and Tesla M6. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9400M is a desktop card while Tesla M6 is a workstation one.


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