GeForce 6800 GT Dual vs 9400 GT

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1295	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.66	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name	G96C	NV45
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	27 August 2008 (17 years ago)	8 June 2004 (21 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79.99	no data

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 cores	16	no data
Core clock speed	550 MHz	350 MHz
Number of transistors	314 million	222 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	no data
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	4.400	5.600 ×2
Floating-point processing power	0.0448 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	4	16 ×2
TMUs	8	16 ×2
L2 Cache	32 KB	no 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).

Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
SLI options	+	-

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 type	DDR2	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB ×2
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	32 GB/s ×2

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	Dual Link DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model	4.0	3.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	27 August 2008	8 June 2004
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Chip lithography	55 nm	130 nm

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