AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 56% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 56% higher texture fill rate: 5 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
20x more pipelines: 160 vs 8
15.6x better floating-point performance: 200.0 gflops vs 12.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1066 MHz vs 800 MHz
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 224 vs 105
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 145 vs 124
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1626 vs 542
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1626 vs 542

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2012 vs 9 May 2007
Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	160 vs 8
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops vs 12.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1066 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	224 vs 105
PassMark - G2D Mark	145 vs 124
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1626 vs 542
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1626 vs 542

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

Around 80% lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 18 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 18 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

224

105

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

145

124

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1626

542

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1626

542

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
PassMark - G3D Mark	224	105
PassMark - G2D Mark	145	124
Geekbench - OpenCL	635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	99.563
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	919
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1626	542
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	919
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1626	542

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7450 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Tesla
Code name	Caicos	G86
Launch date	5 January 2012	9 May 2007
Place in performance rating	1523	1520
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	625 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	200.0 gflops	12.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	160	8
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	370 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	8.528 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1066 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3 / GDDR2
Shared memory		0
Technologies
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
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