Intel HD Graphics 4400 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4400 and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 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 - 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4400

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 4.6 GTexel / s vs 3.6 billion / sec
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 20 vs 16
  • Around 57% better floating-point performance: 46 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 80 nm
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 40 Watt
  • 3.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 524 vs 156
  • 11.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 275 vs 24
  • Around 20% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2143 vs 1791
  • 6.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1381 vs 224
  • 6.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3044 vs 445
  • 6.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1381 vs 224
  • 6.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3044 vs 445
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 September 2013 vs 17 April 2007
Texture fill rate 4.6 GTexel / s vs 3.6 billion / sec
Pipelines 20 vs 16
Floating-point performance 46 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt vs 40 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 524 vs 156
PassMark - G2D Mark 275 vs 24
Geekbench - OpenCL 2143 vs 1791
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1381 vs 224
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3044 vs 445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1381 vs 224
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3044 vs 445

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS

  • Around 31% higher core clock speed: 459 MHz vs 350 MHz
Core clock speed 459 MHz vs 350 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4400
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
524
156
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
275
24
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2143
1791
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1381
224
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3044
445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1381
224
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3044
445
Name Intel HD Graphics 4400 NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark 524 156
PassMark - G2D Mark 275 24
Geekbench - OpenCL 2143 1791
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.844
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 154.696
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.958
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 9.084
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 8.335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 817
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1381 224
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3044 445
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 817
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1381 224
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3044 445
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 152

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 4400 NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS

Essentials

Architecture Generation 7.5 Tesla
Code name Haswell GT2 G86
Launch date 3 September 2013 17 April 2007
Place in performance rating 1421 1695
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $29.99
Price now $39.99
Value for money (0-100) 3.68

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1150 MHz
Core clock speed 350 MHz 459 MHz
Floating-point performance 46 gflops 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 20 16
Texture fill rate 4.6 GTexel / s 3.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt 40 Watt
Transistor count 392 million 210 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 170 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 10.0
OpenGL 4.3 2.1

Memory

Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 64 Bit
Shared memory 1
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 6.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed 800 MHz
Memory type DDR2
Standard memory config per GPU 256 MB

Technologies

Quick Sync
SLI