GeForce 9400 GT vs GeForce GT 220
Summary
Reasons to consider 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 GeForce GT 220 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
HWBench recommends GeForce GT 220
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce 9400 GT | | GeForce GT 220 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | G86 () | vs | G94 () |
| Fab Process | 80 nm | vs | 65 nm |
| Die Size | 127 mm² | vs | 240 mm² |
| Transistors | 210 million | vs | 505 million |
| Shaders | 16 | vs | 48 |
| Compute Units | 2 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 459 MHz | vs | 600 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 8 | vs | 24 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 9400 GT | | GeForce GT 220 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR2 | vs | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 600 MHz
1200 MHz effective | vs | 700 MHz
1400 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 128 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 9400 GT | | GeForce GT 220 | |
|---|
| TDP | 50 watts | vs | 58 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Aug 2008 | vs | 26 Jan 2010 |
GeForce 9400 GT
1.84 GP/s
GeForce GT 220
9.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce 9400 GT
3.67 GT/s
GeForce GT 220
14.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce 9400 GT
9.60 GB/s
GeForce GT 220
44.80 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce 9400 GT
29.38 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 220
144.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better