GeForce 9400 GT and GeForce 8500 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 9400 GT vs GeForce 8500 GT
GeForce 9400 GT
148
GeForce 8500 GT
140
GeForce 9400 GT
GeForce 8500 GT
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
G96C
G86
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2008
April 2007
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
SLI options
+
+
Core clock speed
550 MHz
459 MHz
CUDA cores
16
-
Floating-point performance
29.376 gflops
29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
314 million
210 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
16
16
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
30 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
4.4 billion/sec
3.6 billion/sec
Memory type
DDR2
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
400 MHz
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Standard memory config per GPU
-
256 MB
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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