Intel GMA 3150 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

Comparative analysis of Intel GMA 3150 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel GMA 3150

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 45 nm vs 80 nm
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 80 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

  • Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 13 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 13 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel GMA 3150
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

Name Intel GMA 3150 NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
PassMark - G3D Mark 59
PassMark - G2D Mark 241
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 542
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 542

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel GMA 3150 NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

Essentials

Architecture Generation 4.0 Tesla
Code name Pineview G86
Launch date 9 May 2007 9 May 2007
Place in performance rating not rated 1203
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 400 MHz 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 13 Watt 10 Watt
Floating-point performance 12.8 gflops
Pipelines 8
Texture fill rate 3.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count 210 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCI PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 9.0c 10.0
OpenGL 2.0 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

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