GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3 vs Go 6100
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1545 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | no data | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) |
| GPU code name | C51MV | GT218 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 February 2006 (19 years ago) | 13 June 2012 (13 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 | 3 | 16 |
| Core clock speed | 1 MHz | 589 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 425 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 260 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 110 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 4.712 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.04486 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 4 |
| TMUs | no data | 8 |
| L2 Cache | no data | 32 KB |
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 | no data | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 168 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | shared Memory | DDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 600 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 9.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | no data |
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 data | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | shared Memory | 11.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | no data | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 1.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 February 2006 | 13 June 2012 |
| Chip lithography | 110 nm | 40 nm |
9400 GT Rev. 3 has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 175% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce Go 6100 and GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce Go 6100 is a notebook graphics card while GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3 is a desktop one.
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