FireMV 2200 vs GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)R300
GPU code nameGT218RV370
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date13 June 2012 (11 years ago)2006 (18 years ago)
Current price$284 $85

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores16no data
Core clock speed589 MHz324 MHz
Number of transistors260 million107 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate4.7121.296
Floating-point performance44.86 gflopsno 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length168 mm170 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
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 typeDDR2DDR
Maximum RAM amount128 MB128 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz392 MBps
Memory bandwidth9.6 GB/s3.136 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-Video1x DMS-59

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)9.0
Shader Model4.1no data
OpenGL3.32.0
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.2no data

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 40 nm 110 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 15 Watt

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NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3
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