NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Benchmarks

7233DMark Fire Strike877

Graphics Processor (GPU)

G86GPU NameG96C
G86-300-A2Model numberG96-200-C1
TeslaArchitectureTesla
TSMCFoundryTSMC
80 nmProcess Size55 nm
210 millionTransistors314 million
127 mm²Die Size121 mm²

Graphics Card

Apr 17th, 2007Release DateAug 27th, 2008
GeForce 8
(8500)
FamilyGeForce 9
(9400)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 7 PCIePredecessorGeForce 8
PCIe 1.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16

Memory

256 MBMemory Size512 MB
GDDR3Memory TypeDDR2
128 bitMemory Bus128 bit
12.80 GB/sBandwidth12.80 GB/s

Performance

1.836 GPixel/sPixel fillrate2.200 GPixel/s
3.672 GTexel/sTexture fillrate4.400 GTexel/s
29.38 GFLOPSFP32 (float) performance44.80 GFLOPS

Clock Speeds

400 MHz
800 Mbps effective
Memory Clock400 MHz
800 Mbps effective
459 MHzGPU Clock550 MHz

Render Config

16Shading Units16
8TMUs8
4ROPs4
32 KBL2 Cache32 KB
2SM Count2

Board Design

Single-slotSlot WidthSingle-slot
229 mm
9 inches
Length168 mm
6.6 inches
30 WThermal design power (TDP)50 W
200 WSuggested PSU250 W
1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
Display Connectors1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
NonePower ConnectorsNone
P403Board NumberP729,
P973

API support

11.1 (10_0)DirectX11.1 (10_0)
3.3OpenGL3.3
1.1OpenCL1.1
N/AVulkanN/A
4.0Shader Model4.0
1.1CUDA1.1