GeForce 9400 GT PCI vs NVS 300

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1315not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency1.18no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGT218G96C
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date8 January 2011 (13 years ago)27 August 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1616
Core clock speed520 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors260 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate4.1604.400
Floating-point processing power0.03936 TFLOPS0.0448 TFLOPS
ROPs44
TMUs88

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCI
Length145 mm168 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount512 MB256 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed790 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.64 GB/s12.8 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

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 Connectors1x DMS-591x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.14.0
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.21.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 January 2011 27 August 2008
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 50 Watt

NVS 300 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 177.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between NVS 300 and GeForce 9400 GT PCI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that NVS 300 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 9400 GT PCI is a desktop one.


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