GeForce 9400 GT vs NVS 310

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1183not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency2.25no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGF119G96C
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date26 June 2012 (12 years ago)27 August 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$159 $79.99

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 cores4816
Core clock speed523 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors292 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rate4.1844.400
Floating-point processing power0.1004 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).

Bus supportno dataPCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length156 mm168 mm
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
SLI options-+

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 MB512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed875 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth14 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 Connectors2x DisplayPortDual Link DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataS/PDIF

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.1+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

NVS 310 251
+54%
9400 GT 163

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 June 2012 27 August 2008
Chip lithography 40 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 50 Watt

NVS 310 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between NVS 310 and GeForce 9400 GT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that NVS 310 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 9400 GT is a desktop one.


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