R481 vs GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3

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Contents

9400 GT Rev. 3 9400 GT Rev. 3
ATI R481 R481

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)R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code nameGT218R481
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date13 June 2012 (11 years ago)no data
Current price$284 no data

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 MHzno data
Number of transistors260 million160 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Wattno data
Texture fill rate4.712no data
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 x16no data
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDR2no data
Maximum RAM amount128 MBno data
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1200 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth9.6 GB/sno 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-Videono data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)9.0b (9_2)
Shader Model4.1no data
OpenGL3.32.1
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.2no data

Pros & cons summary

Chip lithography 40 nm 130 nm

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3 and R481. We've got no test results to judge.

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