NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

GeForce 8400M G videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 9 May 2007. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on Tesla microarchitecture codenamed G86.

Core clock speed - 400 MHz. Texture fill rate - 3.2 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 8. Floating-point performance - 12.8 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 80 nm. Transistors count - 210 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 10 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR3 / GDDR2. Maximum RAM amount - 256 MB. Memory bus width - 64 Bit. Memory clock speed - 800 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 6.4 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
59
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
241
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
542 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
542.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 59
PassMark - G2D Mark 241
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 542 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 542.000 Fps

Games performance

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

Low, 1024x76815.27
Medium, 1024x7685.14

Doom 3 (2004)

Low, 640x48060.70
Medium, 640x48059.60
High, 800x60040.50
Ultra, 1024x76825.00

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)

High, 1024x768125.90

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Tesla
Code name G86
Launch date 9 May 2007
Place in performance rating 1204
Type Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 400 MHz
Floating-point performance 12.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 80 nm
Pipelines 8
Texture fill rate 3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt
Transistor count 210 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 10.0
OpenGL 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 / GDDR2
Shared memory 0

Technologies

HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0