9400 GT vs GTX 980 SLI Mobile

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking108not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money76.61no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2018)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameN16E-GXX SLIG96C
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date22 September 2015 (8 years old)27 August 2008 (15 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$79.99
Current price$301 $128 (1.6x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores409616
CUDA coresno data16
Core clock speed1126 MHz550 MHz
Boost clock speed1228 MHzno data
Number of transistors10400 Million314 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)330 Watt50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rateno data4.4 billion/sec
Floating-point performanceno data29.376 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and GeForce 9400 GT compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportno dataPCI-E 2.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data6.6" (16.8 cm)
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
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Memory

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 typeGDDR5DDR2
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed3500 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data12.8 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Video outputs and ports

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 dataDual Link DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMIno data+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
G-SYNC support+no data
Audio input for HDMIno dataS/PDIF

API support

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

DirectX12_111.1 (10_0)
Shader Modelno data4.0
OpenGLno data2.1
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkanno dataN/A
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Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 22 September 2015 27 August 2008
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 330 Watt 50 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and GeForce 9400 GT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce 9400 GT is a desktop one.


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