GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q vs 9400M (G) / ION (LE)
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE) and GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
RTX 2070 Max-Q outperforms 9400M (G) / ION (LE) by a whopping 9362% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1370 | 231 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.84 | 26.16 |
| Architecture | no data | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | MCP79MX | TU106B |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 14 October 2008 (16 years ago) | 29 January 2019 (6 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 | 2304 |
| Core clock speed | 450 MHz | 885 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1185 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 282 Million | 10,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 80 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 170.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 5.46 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 64 |
| TMUs | no data | 144 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 288 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 36 |
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 | no data | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | no data | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 384.0 GB/s |
| 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 | no data | No outputs |
| G-SYNC support | - | + |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| VR Ready | no data | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.0 | 12 Ultimate (12_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | - | 7.5 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
3DMark Vantage Performance
3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 1−2
−9700%
| 98
+9700%
|
| 1440p | 0−1 | 60 |
| 4K | -0−1 | 39 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−6100%
|
60−65
+6100%
|
| God of War | 4−5
−1450%
|
60−65
+1450%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−6100%
|
60−65
+6100%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−2925%
|
121
+2925%
|
| God of War | 4−5
−1450%
|
60−65
+1450%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−2014%
|
148
+2014%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−628%
|
180−190
+628%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 12−14
−1977%
|
270−280
+1977%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−6100%
|
60−65
+6100%
|
| Dota 2 | 9−10
−1311%
|
127
+1311%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−2850%
|
118
+2850%
|
| God of War | 4−5
−1450%
|
60−65
+1450%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−1729%
|
128
+1729%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−2340%
|
122
+2340%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−628%
|
180−190
+628%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−6100%
|
60−65
+6100%
|
| Dota 2 | 9−10
−1244%
|
121
+1244%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−2350%
|
98
+2350%
|
| God of War | 4−5
−1450%
|
60−65
+1450%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−1229%
|
93
+1229%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−1180%
|
64
+1180%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−416%
|
129
+416%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 2−3
−3000%
|
60−65
+3000%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 3−4
−5733%
|
170−180
+5733%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
−7200%
|
70−75
+7200%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 0−1 | 76 |
4K
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−360%
|
69
+360%
|
| Valorant | 2−3
−8250%
|
160−170
+8250%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 1−2
−3500%
|
36
+3500%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 2−3
−1500%
|
32
+1500%
|
Full HD
Low Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 150−160
+0%
|
150−160
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 92
+0%
|
92
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 150−160
+0%
|
150−160
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 103
+0%
|
103
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 122
+0%
|
122
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 85−90
+0%
|
85−90
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 88
+0%
|
88
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 150−160
+0%
|
150−160
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 95
+0%
|
95
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 115
+0%
|
115
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 85−90
+0%
|
85−90
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 90
+0%
|
90
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 61
+0%
|
61
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 89
+0%
|
89
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 90
+0%
|
90
+0%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 100
+0%
|
100
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 190−200
+0%
|
190−200
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
| Valorant | 220−230
+0%
|
220−230
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 75
+0%
|
75
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 66
+0%
|
66
+0%
|
| God of War | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 22
+0%
|
22
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 45
+0%
|
45
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 42
+0%
|
42
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 93
+0%
|
93
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 33
+0%
|
33
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
| God of War | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
This is how 9400M (G) / ION (LE) and RTX 2070 Max-Q compete in popular games:
- RTX 2070 Max-Q is 9700% faster in 1080p
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Valorant, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 2070 Max-Q is 8250% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- RTX 2070 Max-Q performs better in 29 tests (45%)
- there's a draw in 35 tests (55%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.29 | 27.44 |
| Recency | 14 October 2008 | 29 January 2019 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 80 Watt |
9400M (G) / ION (LE) has 566.7% lower power consumption.
RTX 2070 Max-Q, on the other hand, has a 9362.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, and a 441.7% more advanced lithography process.
The GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE) in performance tests.
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