GeForce 9400 GT PCI vs GeForce GT 610 PCI

GeForce 9400 GT PCI
Memory: 256Mb DDR2DESKTOP
Release date: 27 Aug 2008
GeForce 9400 GT PCI
GeForce GT 610 PCI
Memory: 512Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 2 Apr 2012
GeForce GT 610 PCI
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Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce 9400 GT PCI

Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 GeForce GT 610 PCI

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GT 610 PCI

HWBench recommends GeForce GT 610 PCI

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce 9400 GT PCIGeForce GT 610 PCI
GPU NameG96C ()vsGF119 (GF119-300-A1)
Fab Process55 nmvs40 nm
Die Size121 mm²vs79 mm²
Transistors314 millionvs292 million
Shaders16vs48
Compute Units1vs1
Core clock550 MHzvs810 MHz
ROPs4vs4
TMUs8vs8

Memory Configuration

GeForce 9400 GT PCIGeForce GT 610 PCI
Memory TypeDDR2vsDDR3
Bus Width128 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed400 MHz
800 MHz effective
vs667 MHz
1334 MHz effective
Memory Size256 Mbvs512 Mb

Additional details

GeForce 9400 GT PCIGeForce GT 610 PCI
TDP50 wattsvs29 watts
Release Date27 Aug 2008vs2 Apr 2012

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce 9400 GT PCI
    2.20 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 610 PCI
    1.62 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce 9400 GT PCI
    4.40 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 610 PCI
    6.48 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce 9400 GT PCI
    12.80 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 610 PCI
    10.70 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce 9400 GT PCI
    44.80 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 610 PCI
    155.50 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better