GeForce 9400 vs Radeon RX Vega 3

Place in the ranking	783	1359
Place by popularity	85	not in top-100
Power efficiency	13.72	0.43
Architecture	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	Picasso	C79
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	6 January 2019 (6 years ago)	17 April 2007 (17 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	192	16
Core clock speed	300 MHz	450 MHz
Boost clock speed	1001 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	4,940 million	314 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	40 Watt
Texture fill rate	12.01	3.600
Floating-point processing power	0.3844 TFLOPS	0.0352 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	4
TMUs	12	8

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	IGP	PCI
Width	no data	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	System Shared	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	System Shared
Memory bus width	System Shared	System Shared
Memory clock speed	System Shared	System Shared
Shared memory	+	no 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 Connectors

No outputs

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	6.4	4.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	2.0	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/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.

RX Vega 3 2.99
+1096%

GeForce 9400 0.25

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.

RX Vega 3 1149
+1072%

GeForce 9400 98

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

12
+1100%

1−2

−1100%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−12	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8	0−1
Elden Ring	7	0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	10−12	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	14 +1300%	1−2 −1300%
Metro Exodus	5	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	6	0−1
Valorant	1−2	0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	10−12	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8	0−1
Dota 2	13 +1200%	1−2 −1200%
Elden Ring	6−7	0−1
Far Cry 5	12 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
Fortnite	16−18 +1600%	1−2 −1600%
Forza Horizon 4	11	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	9	0−1
Metro Exodus	5−6	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	22 +2100%	1−2 −2100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3	0−1
Valorant	1−2	0−1
World of Tanks	23 +2200%	1−2 −2200%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	7−8	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	10−12	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8	0−1
Dota 2	19 +1800%	1−2 −1800%
Far Cry 5	16−18 +1600%	1−2 −1600%
Forza Horizon 4	9	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 +1250%	2−3 −1250%
Valorant	1−2	0−1

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	1−2	0−1
Elden Ring	2−3	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	1−2	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24 +2000%	1−2 −2000%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	0−1
World of Tanks	21−24 +2000%	1−2 −2000%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	9−10	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	0−1
Far Cry 5	7−8	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5	0−1
Valorant	10−11	0−1

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 +1500%	1−2 −1500%
Elden Ring	1−2	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +1400%	1−2 −1400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +1500%	1−2 −1500%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Dota 2	16−18 +1500%	1−2 −1500%
Far Cry 5	3−4	0−1
Fortnite	2−3	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	0−1
Valorant	3−4	0−1

This is how RX Vega 3 and GeForce 9400 compete in popular games:

RX Vega 3 is 1100% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.99	0.25
Recency	6 January 2019	17 April 2007
Chip lithography	14 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	40 Watt

RX Vega 3 has a 1096% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 166.7% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX Vega 3 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9400 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 3 is a notebook card while GeForce 9400 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.