GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand vs 9400 GT Rev. 2

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameG96CG92
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date27 August 2008 (16 years ago)21 July 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$160

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 cores16128
Core clock speed550 MHz725 MHz
Number of transistors314 million754 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt125 Watt
Texture fill rate4.40046.40
Floating-point processing power0.0448 TFLOPS0.448 TFLOPS
ROPs416
TMUs864

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
Length168 mm229 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s64 GB/s

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-Video2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.04.0
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.11.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 August 2008 21 July 2008
Chip lithography 55 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 125 Watt

9400 GT Rev. 2 has an age advantage of 1 month, a 18.2% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 2 and GeForce 9800 GT Rebrand. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 2
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