ATI Mobility FireGL V5000 vs GeForce 9400M
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1434 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.54 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | R400 (2004−2008) |
| GPU code name | C79 | M26 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 15 October 2008 (17 years ago) | 3 February 2005 (21 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 | 14 |
| Core clock speed | 580 MHz | 350 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 350 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 314 million | 120 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 110 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 4.640 | 2.800 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.0448 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| TMUs | 8 | 8 |
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 | medium sized |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 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 type | System Shared | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 425 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 13.6 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 outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 9.0b (9_2) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | N/A | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 15 October 2008 | 3 February 2005 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 110 nm |
GeForce 9400M has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 69% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 9400M and Mobility FireGL V5000. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 9400M is a notebook graphics card while Mobility FireGL V5000 is a mobile workstation one.
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