Arc Pro A30M vs GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated350
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data20.85
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGT218DG2-128
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date13 June 2012 (12 years ago)8 August 2022 (2 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 speed589 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2000 MHz
Number of transistors260 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate4.712128.0
Floating-point processing power0.04486 TFLOPS4.096 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs864
Ray Tracing Coresno 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 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 amount128 MB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed600 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth9.6 GB/s128.0 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-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.16.6
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.2-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 June 2012 8 August 2022
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 6 nm

Arc Pro A30M has an age advantage of 10 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 566.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3 and Arc Pro A30M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3 is a desktop card while Arc Pro A30M is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3
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