GeForce 9400 GT PCI vs GT 610 PCI

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGF119G96C
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date2 April 2012 (12 years ago)27 August 2008 (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 cores4816
Core clock speed810 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors292 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)29 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate6.4804.400
Floating-point processing power0.1555 TFLOPS0.0448 TFLOPS
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).

InterfacePCIPCI
Length168 mm168 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount512 MB256 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed667 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth10.67 GB/s12.8 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.11.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2012 27 August 2008
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 29 Watt 50 Watt

GT 610 PCI has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 72.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 610 PCI and GeForce 9400 GT PCI. We've got no test results to judge.


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