GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE) vs HD Graphics 400

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1070not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency13.04no data
ArchitectureGeneration 8.0 (2014−2015)no data
GPU code nameBraswell GT1MCP79MX
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 April 2015 (9 years ago)14 October 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 cores9616
Core clock speed320 MHz450 MHz
Boost clock speed640 MHzno data
Number of transistors189 million282 Million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt12 Watt
Texture fill rate7.680no data
Floating-point processing power0.1229 TFLOPSno data
ROPs2no data
TMUs12no data

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 3.0 x1no data
WidthIGPno data

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 typeDDR3Lno data
Maximum RAM amount8 GBno data
Memory bus widthSystem Sharedno data
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno data
Shared memoryno data+

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 data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)10.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.3no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.1.80-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2015 14 October 2008
Chip lithography 14 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 12 Watt

HD Graphics 400 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 400 and GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 400 is a desktop card while GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE) is a notebook one.


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Intel HD Graphics 400
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