GeForce 9400M GeForceBoost vs Radeon R9 M295X

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	382	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	3.72	no data
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)	no data
GPU code name	Amethyst	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	23 November 2014 (10 years ago)	3 June 2008 (16 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	2048	24
Core clock speed	723 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,000 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	92.54	no data
Floating-point processing power	2.961 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	no data
TMUs	128	no 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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	Not Listed	no data
Maximum RAM amount	0 MB	no data
Memory bus width	Not Listed	64 Bit
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors

No outputs

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Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync	+	-
HD3D	+	-
PowerTune	+	-
DualGraphics	+	-
ZeroCore	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	Not Listed	10
Shader Model	6.3	no data
OpenGL	4.4	no data
OpenCL	Not Listed	no data
Mantle	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	23 November 2014	3 June 2008
Chip lithography	28 nm	65 nm

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