GeForce 9400M GeForceBoost vs ATI Radeon HD 5850

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking683not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.56no data
Power efficiency2.42no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)no data
GPU code nameCypressno data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date30 September 2009 (16 years ago)3 June 2008 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores144024
Core clock speed725 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,154 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)151 Wattno data
Texture fill rate52.20no data
Floating-point processing power2.088 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs72no data
L1 Cache144 KBno data
L2 Cache512 KBno data

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 x16no data
Length241 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount1 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth128.0 GB/sno data
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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)10
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.4no data
OpenCL1.2no data
VulkanN/A-

Synthetic benchmarks

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



3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

ATI HD 5850 13267
+10514%
9400M GeForceBoost 125

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 September 2009 3 June 2008
Chip lithography 40 nm 65 nm

ATI HD 5850 has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 5850 and GeForce 9400M GeForceBoost. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 5850 is a desktop graphics card while GeForce 9400M GeForceBoost is a notebook one.

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