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NVIDIA GeForce 9400

The NVIDIA GeForce 9400 is a graphics card released on June 18, 2008 using a 65 nm process. It has 16 shading units and a boost clock of 450 MHz. It scores 151 in the PassMark G3D benchmark.

C7A65 nm

3/10 key specs recorded · 13 facts

Depth: 18 recorded fields, 2 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 3 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

16cores

Memory

n/a

Boost clock

n/a

450 MHz base

Board power

n/a

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce 9400 scores 151 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 22.1% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,276), measured across 94 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 45.

PassMark G3D Mark

151

Rank #2,276
Faster than 22.1% of 2,658 GPUs
94 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 4 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 5.1% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 2 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 11.9% of 1,602 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 averages DirectX 9 4 fps and DirectX 10 2 fps, across 94 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

First benchmarked 2009-04-12

Samples 94

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M G, NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT PCI, NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 2, NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT Rev. 3, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Not recorded

Codename C7A

Chip Not recorded

Process node 65 nm

Transistors 314 M

Die size 144 mm²

The NVIDIA GeForce 9400 uses the C7A graphics processor, is manufactured on a 65 nm process, contains 314 million transistors and has a die size of 144 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units 16

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 8

Render output units (ROPs) 4

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce 9400 has 16 shading units, 8 texture mapping units and 4 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce 9400 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce 9400. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce 9400.

Clock speeds

Base clock 450 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce 9400 runs at a base clock of 450 MHz.

Market

Launched June 18, 2008

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce 9 Series

The NVIDIA GeForce 9400 was released on June 18, 2008.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 151

PassMark G2D 45

Rank #2,276

Samples 94

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA GeForce 9400 is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce 9400 (GeForce 8200 + GeForce 9300 G, NVIDIA GeForce 9400 (GeForce 9300GE + GeForce 8200, NVIDIA GeForce 9400 (GF 8200 + GF 9300), NVIDIA GeForce 9400 (GF 9300 + GF 8200), NVIDIA GeForce 9400 (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1), NVIDIA GeForce 9400 (GeForce 8200 + GeForce 9300 GE) and NVIDIA GeForce 9400 (Mobile).

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA GeForce 9400 (GeForce 8200 + GeForce 9300 G; NVIDIA GeForce 9400 (GeForce 9300GE + GeForce 8200; NVIDIA GeForce 9400 (GF 8200 + GF 9300); NVIDIA GeForce 9400 (GF 9300 + GF 8200); NVIDIA GeForce 9400 (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1); NVIDIA GeForce 9400 (GeForce 8200 + GeForce 9300 GE); NVIDIA GeForce 9400 (Mobile)