GeForce 9400M vs Tesla M60

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Tesla M60 with GeForce 9400M, including specs and performance data.

Tesla M60
2015
8 GB GDDR5, 300 Watt
16.74
+6875%

M60 outperforms 9400M by a whopping 6875% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking3551427
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.291.54
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGM204C79
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date30 August 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 cores2048 ×216
Core clock speed557 MHz580 MHz
Boost clock speed1178 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,200 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt12 Watt
Texture fill rate150.8 ×24.640
Floating-point processing power4.825 TFLOPS ×20.0448 TFLOPS
ROPs64 ×24
TMUs128 ×28
L1 Cache768 KBno data
L2 Cache2 MBno 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 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount8 GB ×2System Shared
Memory bus width256 Bit ×2System Shared
Memory clock speed1253 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth160.4 GB/s ×2no 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.44.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA5.2-

Synthetic benchmarks

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

Tesla M60 16.74
+6875%
GeForce 9400M 0.24

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.

Tesla M60 7002
+6833%
Samples: 21
GeForce 9400M 101
Samples: 116

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 16.74 0.24
Recency 30 August 2015 15 October 2008
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 12 Watt

Tesla M60 has a 6875% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

GeForce 9400M, on the other hand, has 2400% lower power consumption.

The Tesla M60 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9400M in performance tests.

Be aware that Tesla M60 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 9400M is a notebook one.

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