Quadro T1000 vs GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE)

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated322
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data23.29
Architectureno dataTuring (2018−2022)
GPU code nameMCP79MXTU117
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date14 October 2008 (16 years ago)27 May 2019 (5 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 cores16no data
Core clock speed450 MHz1395 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1455 MHz
Number of transistors282 Million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12 Watt50 Watt

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 clock speedno data8000 MHz
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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.012.0 (12_1)
OpenGLno data4.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 October 2008 27 May 2019
Chip lithography 65 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 50 Watt

9400M (G) / ION (LE) has 316.7% lower power consumption.

Quadro T1000, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 441.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE) and Quadro T1000. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE) is a notebook card while Quadro T1000 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE)
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