AMD Radeon HD 8400E vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8400E and NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8400E

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • 2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7310 vs 2528
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 April 2013 vs 22 March 2012
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 7310 vs 2528

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M

  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 551 vs 276
  • Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 171 vs 113
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1833 vs 980
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1833 vs 980
  • Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2418 vs 1665
  • Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2418 vs 1665
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 551 vs 276
PassMark - G2D Mark 171 vs 113
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1833 vs 980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1833 vs 980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2418 vs 1665
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2418 vs 1665

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8400E
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
276
551
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
113
171
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
7310
2528
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
980
1833
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
980
1833
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1665
2418
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1665
2418
Name AMD Radeon HD 8400E NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M
PassMark - G3D Mark 276 551
PassMark - G2D Mark 113 171
Geekbench - OpenCL 7310 2528
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 980 1833
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 980 1833
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1665 2418
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1665 2418
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 5.332
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 205.545
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 22.728
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 800
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 800

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8400E NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name Kalindi GF116
Launch date 23 April 2013 22 March 2012
Place in performance rating 1446 1449
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 1,178 million 1,170 million
Boost clock speed 753 MHz
CUDA cores Up to 144
Floating-point performance 253.4 gflops
Pipelines 144

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution Up to 2048x1536

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support PCI Express 2.0
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12 API
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus