RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell vs GeForce 9400M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce 9400M with RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell, including specs and performance data.
RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell outperforms 9400M by a whopping 26096% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1424 | 39 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.54 | 32.58 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Blackwell 2.0 (2025−2026) |
| GPU code name | C79 | GB203 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 15 October 2008 (17 years ago) | 18 March 2025 (less than a year 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 | 8960 |
| Core clock speed | 580 MHz | 1230 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2055 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 314 million | 45,600 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 140 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.640 | 575.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.0448 TFLOPS | 36.83 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 96 |
| TMUs | 8 | 280 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 280 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 70 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 8.8 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 48 MB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 241 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 16-pin |
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 | GDDR7 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 672.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 | 4x DisplayPort 2.1b |
API and SDK support
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 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.4 |
| CUDA | - | 12.0 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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.
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 | 0.24 | 62.87 |
| Recency | 15 October 2008 | 18 March 2025 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 140 Watt |
GeForce 9400M has 1066.7% lower power consumption.
RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell, on the other hand, has a 26095.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 16 years, and a 1200% more advanced lithography process.
The RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9400M in performance tests.
Be aware that GeForce 9400M is a notebook graphics card while RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell is a workstation one.
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