GeForce 9400M vs Radeon RX Vega 5

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 5 and GeForce 9400M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX Vega 5
2020
15 Watt
4.65
+1688%

RX Vega 5 outperforms 9400M by a whopping 1688% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking6531355
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency21.391.49
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameVegaC79
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2020 (5 years ago)15 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 cores32016
Core clock speedno data580 MHz
Boost clock speed1400 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data314 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt12 Watt
Texture fill rateno data4.640
Floating-point processing powerno data0.0448 TFLOPS
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data8

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16

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 typeno dataSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus widthno dataSystem Shared
Memory clock speedno dataSystem Shared
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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_111.1 (10_0)
Shader Modelno data4.0
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

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 HD19
+1800%
1−2
−1800%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 7 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 9 0−1
Elden Ring 11 0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 12−14 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 21
+2000%
1−2
−2000%
Metro Exodus 10−12 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 18
+1700%
1−2
−1700%
Valorant 18
+1700%
1−2
−1700%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 12−14 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10 0−1
Dota 2 21
+2000%
1−2
−2000%
Elden Ring 6 0−1
Far Cry 5 21
+2000%
1−2
−2000%
Fortnite 27−30
+2600%
1−2
−2600%
Forza Horizon 4 17 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 13 0−1
Metro Exodus 10−12 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 41
+1950%
2−3
−1950%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16 0−1
Valorant 10−11 0−1
World of Tanks 50
+2400%
2−3
−2400%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 12−14 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10 0−1
Dota 2 37
+1750%
2−3
−1750%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
Forza Horizon 4 14 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 40−45
+1900%
2−3
−1900%
Valorant 10−11 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 3−4 0−1
Elden Ring 5−6 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 4−5 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
+3000%
1−2
−3000%
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4 0−1
World of Tanks 30−35
+3200%
1−2
−3200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 7−8 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 9−10 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Far Cry 5 10−11 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 6−7 0−1
Metro Exodus 3−4 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7 0−1
Valorant 12−14 0−1

4K
High Preset

Dota 2 16−18 0−1
Elden Ring 2−3 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18 0−1
Metro Exodus 0−1 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Dota 2 16−18 0−1
Far Cry 5 5−6 0−1
Fortnite 4−5 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4 0−1
Valorant 4−5 0−1

This is how RX Vega 5 and GeForce 9400M compete in popular games:

  • RX Vega 5 is 1800% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.65 0.26
Recency 7 January 2020 15 October 2008
Chip lithography 7 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 12 Watt

RX Vega 5 has a 1688.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.

GeForce 9400M, on the other hand, has 25% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX Vega 5 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9400M in performance tests.


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