NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
VS
AMD FireStream 9250
NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
VS
AMD FireStream 9250

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT and AMD FireStream 9250. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
605
0.66
Value for money (0-100)
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Tesla
Architecture
TeraScale
G96C
Code name
RV770
Desktop
Type
Desktop
27 August 2008 (13 years ago)
Release date
16 June 2008 (13 years ago)
$79.99
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$137 (1.7x MSRP)
Price now
no data
G96C
GPU code name
RV770
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT and AMD FireStream 9250 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

16
Pipelines
800
550 MHz
Core clock speed
625 MHz
314 million
Transistor count
956 million
55 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
50 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
4.4 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
25.00
29.376 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,000.0 gflops
105 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
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16
CUDA cores
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16
Pipelines / CUDA cores
800
314 million
Number of transistors
956 million
50 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
150 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT and AMD FireStream 9250.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
6.6" (16.8 cm)
Length
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None
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
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SLI options
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PCI-E 2.0
Bus support
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4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT and AMD FireStream 9250 can be seen in this section.

DDR2
Memory type
GDDR3
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
400 MHz
Memory clock speed
1986 MHz
12.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
63.55 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT and AMD FireStream 9250, the size and number of monitors.

Dual Link DVI
Display Connectors
1x DVI
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Multi monitor support
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2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
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S/PDIF
Audio input for HDMI
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+
HDMI
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Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT and AMD FireStream 9250 is the additional functionality.

+
CUDA
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT and AMD FireStream 9250. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
10.1 (10_1)
2.1
OpenGL
3.3

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT and AMD FireStream 9250 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT or AMD FireStream 9250 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
AMD FireStream 9250
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
AMD FireStream 9250
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
AMD FireStream 9250
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
AMD FireStream 9250
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
AMD FireStream 9250
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 150 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 1 GB)

Advantages of AMD FireStream 9250

4.95% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (800 vs 16)

More memory bandwidth (63.55 GB/s vs 12.8 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT or AMD FireStream 9250?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD FireStream 9250 .

NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT versus AMD FireStream 9250 performance benchmarks comparison

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