GeForce 8600 GT and GeForce 9400 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 8600 GT vs GeForce 9400 GT
GeForce 8600 GT
127
GeForce 9400 GT
148
GeForce 8600 GT
GeForce 9400 GT
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
G84
G96C
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
April 2007
August 2008
Bus support
-
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
SLI options
+
+
Core clock speed
540 MHz
550 MHz
CUDA cores
-
16
Floating-point performance
76.16 gflops
29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
80 nm
55 nm
Number of transistors
289 million
314 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
32
16
Power consumption (TDP)
47 Watt
50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105 °C
Texture fill rate
8.6 billion/sec
4.4 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR2
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
700 MHz
400 MHz
Memory bandwidth
22.4 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Standard memory config per GPU
256 MB
-
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Dual Link DVI
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
S/PDIF
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
1.1
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
2.1
Shader Model
4.0
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A