GeForce 9400 GT and ION 2 - video card comparison
GeForce 9400 GT
ION 2
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name
G96C
GT218-ION-A3, GT218-ILV-A3
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
August 2008
January 2010
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
-
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
550 MHz
405 / 475 / 535 MHz
CUDA cores
16
-
Floating-point performance
29.376 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
314 million
260 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
16
16
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
6/12 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
4.4 billion/sec
4.000
Memory type
DDR2
DDR2, DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
400 MHz
790 MHz
Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI
No outputs
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
+
1.2
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
3.3
Shader Model
4.0
4.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A