GeForce MX550 vs 9400 GT PCI

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated407
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data32.30
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameG96CTU117S
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date27 August 2008 (16 years ago)17 December 2021 (3 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 cores161024
Core clock speed550 MHz1065 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1320 MHz
Number of transistors314 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate4.40042.24
Floating-point processing power0.0448 TFLOPS2.703 TFLOPS
ROPs416
TMUs832

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).

InterfacePCIPCIe 4.0 x8
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s96 GB/s
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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoPortable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.7 (6.4)
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.17.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 August 2008 17 December 2021
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 25 Watt

GeForce MX550 has an age advantage of 13 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 358.3% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9400 GT PCI and GeForce MX550. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9400 GT PCI is a desktop card while GeForce MX550 is a notebook one.


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