Graphics card comparison
GeForce 9400 GT vs GeForce GT 610
Nvidia
GeForce 9400 GT
128 Mb DDR2
Released 1 Aug 2008
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VS
Nvidia
GeForce GT 610
1024 Mb DDR3
Released 2 Apr 2012
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Summary
Reasons to consider the GeForce 9400 GT
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
- PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor
Reasons to consider the GeForce GT 610
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
- Supports PhysX
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the GeForce GT 610
Based on theoretical specifications.
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce 9400 GT | GeForce GT 610 |
|---|
| GPU Name | G86 () | GF119 (GF119-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 80 nm | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 127 mm² | 79 mm² |
| Transistors | 210 million | 292 million |
| Shaders | 16 | 48 |
| Compute Units | 2 | 1 |
| Core clock | 459 MHz | 810 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| TMUs | 8 | 8 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce 9400 GT | GeForce GT 610 |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR2 | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 600 MHz
1200 MHz effective | 898 MHz
1796 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 128 Mb | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 9400 GT | GeForce GT 610 |
|---|
| TDP | 50 watts | 29 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Aug 2008 | 2 Apr 2012 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce 9400 GT1.84 GP/s
- GeForce GT 6101.62 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce 9400 GT3.67 GT/s
- GeForce GT 6106.48 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce 9400 GT9.60 GB/s
- GeForce GT 61014.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce 9400 GT29.38 GFLOPs
- GeForce GT 610155.50 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better