AMD Radeon HD 8250 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8250 and NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8250

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 8x more pipelines: 128 vs 16
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 59 vs 56
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 212 vs 67
  • Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1343 vs 892
  • Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1343 vs 892
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 June 2013 vs 9 May 2007
Pipelines 128 vs 16
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 59 vs 56
PassMark - G3D Mark 212 vs 67
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1343 vs 892
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1343 vs 892

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

  • Around 50% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 300 MHz
Core clock speed 450 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8250
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
59
56
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
212
67
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1343
892
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1343
892
Name AMD Radeon HD 8250 NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT
Geekbench - OpenCL 1075
PassMark - G2D Mark 59 56
PassMark - G3D Mark 212 67
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 628
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 628
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1343 892
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1343 892
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 384

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8250 NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

Essentials

Architecture GCN Tesla
Code name Temash G86
Launch date 1 June 2013 9 May 2007
Place in performance rating 1620 1623
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 400 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 128 16
Floating-point performance 28.8 gflops
Texture fill rate 3.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 14 Watt
Transistor count 210 million

API support

DirectX 11.1 10.0
OpenGL 3.3

Memory

Shared memory 1 0
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 / GDDR2

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16

Technologies

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