GeForce 9400M vs ATI Radeon HD 4890

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 4890 with GeForce 9400M, including specs and performance data.

ATI HD 4890
2009
1 GB GDDR5, 190 Watt
3.92
+1408%

ATI HD 4890 outperforms 9400M by a whopping 1408% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking7011352
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.45no data
Power efficiency1.411.49
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameRV790C79
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date2 April 2009 (15 years ago)15 October 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$249 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores80016
Core clock speed850 MHz580 MHz
Number of transistors959 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)190 Watt12 Watt
Texture fill rate34.004.640
Floating-point processing power1.36 TFLOPS0.0448 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs408

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 2.0 x16
Length241 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed975 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth124.8 GB/sno data
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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.14.0
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A

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.

ATI HD 4890 3.92
+1408%
GeForce 9400M 0.26

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.

ATI HD 4890 1512
+1397%
GeForce 9400M 101

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 3.92 0.26
Recency 2 April 2009 15 October 2008
Chip lithography 55 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 190 Watt 12 Watt

ATI HD 4890 has a 1407.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 months, and a 18.2% more advanced lithography process.

GeForce 9400M, on the other hand, has 1483.3% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 4890 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9400M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 4890 is a desktop card while GeForce 9400M is a notebook one.


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