GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile vs 9400M

Place in the ranking	1359	301
Place by popularity	not in top-100	29
Power efficiency	1.51	28.67
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	C79	GA107
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	15 October 2008 (16 years ago)	17 December 2021 (3 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	2048
Core clock speed	580 MHz	1185 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1477 MHz
Number of transistors	314 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.640	94.53
Floating-point processing power	0.0448 TFLOPS	6.05 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	32
TMUs	8	64
Tensor Cores	no data	256
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	32

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	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	4 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	112.0 GB/s
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 Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+
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 compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.0	6.6
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6

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	0−1	42
1440p	-0−1	33
4K	-0−1	25

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	36 +0%	36 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	49 +0%	49 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	34 +0%	34 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	21 +0%	21 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	76 +0%	76 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	49 +0%	49 +0%
Metro Exodus	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Valorant	87 +0%	87 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	27 +0%	27 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	15 +0%	15 +0%
Dota 2	85 +0%	85 +0%
Far Cry 5	70 +0%	70 +0%
Fortnite	100−105 +0%	100−105 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	63 +0%	63 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	69 +0%	69 +0%
Metro Exodus	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Valorant	43 +0%	43 +0%
World of Tanks	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	23 +0%	23 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	13 +0%	13 +0%
Dota 2	110 +0%	110 +0%
Far Cry 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	56 +0%	56 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	33 +0%	33 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Valorant	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	37 +0%	37 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	37 +0%	37 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
World of Tanks	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	47 +0%	47 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Metro Exodus	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Valorant	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Dota 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Metro Exodus	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Dota 2	34 +0%	34 +0%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Fortnite	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Valorant	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 63 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.26	18.50
Recency	15 October 2008	17 December 2021
Chip lithography	65 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	45 Watt

GeForce 9400M has 275% lower power consumption.

RTX 2050 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 7015.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, and a 712.5% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9400M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.