GeForce G205M vs 9400M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 9400M and GeForce G205M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GeForce 9400M
2008
12 Watt
0.26
+8.3%

9400M outperforms G205M by a small 8% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking13521367
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.481.17
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameC79C79
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 October 2008 (16 years ago)8 January 2009 (15 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 cores1616
Core clock speed580 MHz450 MHz
Number of transistors314 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12 Watt14 Watt
Texture fill rate4.6403.600
Floating-point processing power0.0448 TFLOPS0.0352 TFLOPS
ROPs44
TMUs88

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16

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 typeSystem SharedSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory bus widthSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory clock speedSystem SharedSystem Shared
Shared memory++

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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.04.0
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GeForce 9400M 0.26
+8.3%
GeForce G205M 0.24

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GeForce 9400M 101
+11%
GeForce G205M 91

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.26 0.24
Recency 15 October 2008 8 January 2009
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 14 Watt

GeForce 9400M has a 8.3% higher aggregate performance score, and 16.7% lower power consumption.

GeForce G205M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between GeForce 9400M and GeForce G205M.


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