Quadro T1200 Mobile vs GeForce 9400 GT

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	259
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	G96C	TU117
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	27 August 2008 (15 years ago)	12 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79.99	no data
Current price	$128 (1.6x MSRP)	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 cores	16	1024
CUDA cores	16	no data
Core clock speed	550 MHz	855 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1425 MHz
Number of transistors	314 million	4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	95 Watt (35 - 95 Watt TGP)
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	4.4 billion/sec	91.20
Floating-point performance	29.376 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce 9400 GT and Quadro T1200 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	6.6" (16.8 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data
SLI options	+	no 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 type	DDR2	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	10000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	160.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no 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 Connectors	Dual Link DVI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	4.0	6.6
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	+	7.5

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	27 August 2008	12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	4 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	95 Watt

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