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NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

The NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT is a graphics card, built on the Tesla architecture. It has 16 shading units, 1 GB of DDR2 memory on a 128-bit bus, 12.8 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 550 MHz and a 50 W board power rating. It scores 195 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.

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8/10 key specs recorded · 24 facts

Depth: 33 recorded fields, 3 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 8 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

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Shading units

16cores

Memory

1 GB

DDR2 · 128-bit

Boost clock

n/a

550 MHz base

Board power

50 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT scores 195 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 24.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,205), measured across 1,427 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 36.

PassMark G3D Mark

195

Rank #2,205
Faster than 24.4% of 2,658 GPUs
1,427 samples

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

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 6 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 8.7% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 2 fps

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

GPU Compute 2 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 0% of 1,447 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 GT averages DirectX 9 6 fps, DirectX 10 2 fps and GPU Compute 2 ops/s, across 1,427 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16,PCI

Max memory 1 GB

Core clock 550 MHz

Memory clock 800,1600 MHz

DirectX 10

OpenGL 3.3

Max TDP 50 W

First benchmarked 2010-11-03

Samples 1,427

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT states the PCIe 2.0 x16,PCI interface, up to 1 GB of memory, a core clock of 550 MHz, DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3, first benchmarked on 2010-11-03. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT specifically. It is a different product from 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 Tesla

Codename G86S

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT is based on the Tesla architecture and uses the G86S graphics processor.

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 GT has 16 shading units, 8 texture mapping units and 4 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT 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 GT. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT.

Clock speeds

Base clock 550 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT runs at a base clock of 550 MHz.

Memory

Size 1 GB

Type DDR2

Bus width 128-bit

Bandwidth 12.8 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT is equipped with 1 GB of DDR2 memory, uses a 128-bit memory bus and delivers 12.8 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT has a board power rating of 50 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16,PCI.

Board power (TDP) 50 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16,PCI

Market

Launched Not recorded

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce 9 Series

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 195

PassMark G2D 36

Rank #2,205

Samples 1,427

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.

DirectX 10

OpenGL 3.3

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT.

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as Geforce 9400GT, NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1) and WinFast PX9400 GT(NVIDIA).

Other names (PassMark) Geforce 9400GT; NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1); WinFast PX9400 GT(NVIDIA)

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT have?

The NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT has 1 GB of DDR2 memory on a 128-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 12.8 GB/s.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT has a board power rating of 50 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT?

The NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT scores 195 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 24.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #2,205.

What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT use?

The NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT connects over PCIe 2.0 x16,PCI.

Corrections to this record

After an audit, 1 value on the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT record was corrected and 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.