9400M (G) / ION (LE) vs Go 7700

#ad
Buy
VS

General info

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)no data
GPU code nameG73M-B1MCP79MX
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 August 2006 (17 years old)14 October 2008 (15 years old)
Current price$925 $1030

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 coresno data16
Core clock speed5 MHz450 MHz
Boost clock speed450 MHzno data
Number of transistors177 million282 Million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data12 Watt
Texture fill rate5.400no data

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce Go 7700 and GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE) compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16no data

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 type128no data
Maximum RAM amount512 MBno data
Memory bus width500 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1000 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth16 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 outputsno data

API support

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)10.0
Shader Model3.0no data
OpenGL2.1no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/Ano data

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 1 August 2006 14 October 2008
Chip lithography 80 nm 65 nm

We couldn't decide between GeForce Go 7700 and GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE). We've got no test results to judge.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

User ratings

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700
GeForce Go 7700
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE)
GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE)

Similar GPU comparisons

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

User ratings: view and submit

Here you can see the user rating of the graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


4.6 10 votes

Rate NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
2.5 36 votes

Rate NVIDIA GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE) on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions and comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.