GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile vs 9400M

Place in the ranking	1355	187
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.49	18.23
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	C79	TU106
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	15 October 2008 (16 years ago)	29 January 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 cores	16	1920
Core clock speed	580 MHz	960 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1200 MHz
Number of transistors	314 million	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	115 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.640	144.0
Floating-point processing power	0.0448 TFLOPS	4.608 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	48
TMUs	8	120
Tensor Cores	no data	240
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	30

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 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 type	System Shared	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	6 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	336.0 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	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 compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	4.0	6.5
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	-	7.5

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	104
1440p	0−1	66
4K	-0−1	42

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Elden Ring	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	90 +0%	90 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	31 +0%	31 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	149 +0%	149 +0%
Metro Exodus	82 +0%	82 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	100 +0%	100 +0%
Valorant	140 +0%	140 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	106 +0%	106 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	24 +0%	24 +0%
Dota 2	99 +0%	99 +0%
Elden Ring	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Far Cry 5	70 +0%	70 +0%
Fortnite	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	123 +0%	123 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	90 +0%	90 +0%
Metro Exodus	61 +0%	61 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	247 +0%	247 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45 +0%	45 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Valorant	81 +0%	81 +0%
World of Tanks	270−280 +0%	270−280 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	76 +0%	76 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	21 +0%	21 +0%
Dota 2	112 +0%	112 +0%
Far Cry 5	122 +0%	122 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	107 +0%	107 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	84 +0%	84 +0%
Valorant	123 +0%	123 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Elden Ring	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	29 +0%	29 +0%
World of Tanks	190−200 +0%	190−200 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	61 +0%	61 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	14 +0%	14 +0%
Far Cry 5	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Metro Exodus	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Valorant	87 +0%	87 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Dota 2	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Elden Ring	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Metro Exodus	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	98 +0%	98 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	20 +0%	20 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	31 +0%	31 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	6 +0%	6 +0%
Dota 2	87 +0%	87 +0%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Fortnite	39 +0%	39 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Valorant	41 +0%	41 +0%

All in all, in popular games:

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.26	30.45
Recency	15 October 2008	29 January 2019
Chip lithography	65 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	115 Watt

GeForce 9400M has 858.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 2060 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 11611.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, and a 441.7% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2060 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.