ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 X2 vs GeForce 9400
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1349 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.67 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | C79 | M88 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 18 June 2008 (17 years ago) | 4 June 2008 (17 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 cores | 16 | 320 ×2 |
| Core clock speed | 450 MHz | 580 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 314 million | 666 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 70 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 3.600 | 9.280 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.0352 TFLOPS | 0.3712 TFLOPS ×2 |
| ROPs | 4 | 16 ×2 |
| TMUs | 8 | 16 ×2 |
| L2 Cache | no data | 256 KB |
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).
| Laptop size | no data | large |
| Interface | PCI | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Width | IGP | 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 | System Shared | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 512 MB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 256 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 48 GB/s ×2 |
| Shared memory | + | - |
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 | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 10.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | N/A | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 70 Watt |
GeForce 9400 has 75% lower power consumption.
ATI Mobility HD 3850 X2, on the other hand, has a 18.2% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 9400 and Mobility Radeon HD 3850 X2. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 9400 is a desktop graphics card while Mobility Radeon HD 3850 X2 is a notebook one.
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