AMD Radeon R6 Graphics vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R6 Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 - 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R6 Graphics

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 3.6x more texture fill rate: 15.72 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
  • 48x more pipelines: 384 vs 8
  • 24.2x better floating-point performance: 503.0 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
  • 7.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 616 vs 81
  • 4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3182 vs 733
  • 4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3182 vs 733
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 September 2014 vs 4 December 2007
Texture fill rate 15.72 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 8
Floating-point performance 503.0 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 616 vs 81
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3182 vs 733
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3182 vs 733

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400

  • Around 1% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 533 MHz
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 160 vs 138
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 540 MHz vs 533 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 160 vs 138

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R6 Graphics
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
616
81
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
138
160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3182
733
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3182
733
Name AMD Radeon R6 Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 8400
PassMark - G3D Mark 616 81
PassMark - G2D Mark 138 160
Geekbench - OpenCL 3899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 11.201
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 224.132
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 19.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 45.165
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 860
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1784
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3182 733
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 860
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1784
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3182 733

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R6 Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 8400

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Tesla
Code name Spectre G98
Launch date 17 September 2014 4 December 2007
Place in performance rating 1407 1404
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $69.78
Price now $69.78
Value for money (0-100) 1.87

Technical info

Boost clock speed 600 MHz
Core clock speed 533 MHz 540 MHz
Floating-point performance 503.0 gflops 20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 384 8
Texture fill rate 15.72 GTexel / s 4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 25 Watt
Transistor count 2,410 million 210 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Memory type System Shared DDR2
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz