GeForce 9400M G vs HD Graphics 400
Aggregate performance score
We've compared HD Graphics 400 and GeForce 9400M G, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
HD Graphics 400 outperforms 9400M G by a whopping 553% 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 | 1138 | 1473 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 13.19 | 1.01 |
| Architecture | Generation 8.0 (2014−2015) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | Braswell GT1 | C79 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 April 2015 (10 years ago) | 15 October 2008 (17 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 | 96 | 16 |
| Core clock speed | 320 MHz | 450 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 600 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 189 million | 314 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 6 Watt | 12 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 7.200 | 3.600 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.1152 TFLOPS | 0.0352 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 4 |
| TMUs | 12 | 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).
| Interface | Ring Bus | PCIe 2.0 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 | DDR3L | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | System Shared |
| 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 | Portable Device Dependent | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.3 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | N/A |
| Vulkan | + | N/A |
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 | 0.98 | 0.15 |
| Recency | 1 April 2015 | 15 October 2008 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 6 Watt | 12 Watt |
HD Graphics 400 has a 553.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.
The HD Graphics 400 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9400M G in performance tests.
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