GMA 3150 vs GeForce 9400 GT

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1324	1617
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.73	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Generation 4.0 (2006−2007)
GPU code name	G96C	Pineview
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	27 August 2008 (17 years ago)	9 May 2007 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79.99	no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	16	16
Core clock speed	550 MHz	400 MHz
Number of transistors	314 million	123 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	13 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	4.400	0.8
Floating-point processing power	0.0448 TFLOPS	0.0128 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	1
TMUs	8	2
L2 Cache	32 KB	no 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).

Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Length	168 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data
SLI options	+	-

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	DDR2	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	Dual Link DVI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	9.0c
Shader Model	4.0	3.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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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

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Recency	27 August 2008	9 May 2007
Chip lithography	55 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	13 Watt