Intel HD Graphics 500 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 500 and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI 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).

Intel HD Graphics 500

NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 500

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.2x more texture fill rate: 9 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
3.7x better floating-point performance: 144.0 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
4.2x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 25 Watt
16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB
Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1122 vs 1023
Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1122 vs 1023

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 4 December 2007
Texture fill rate	9 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	144.0 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 25 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1122 vs 1023
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1122 vs 1023

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

2.8x more core clock speed: 567 MHz vs 200 MHz
Around 33% higher pipelines: 16 vs 12

Core clock speed	567 MHz vs 200 MHz
Pipelines	16 vs 12

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1122

1023

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1122

1023

Name	Intel HD Graphics 500	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI
PassMark - G3D Mark	299
PassMark - G2D Mark	81
Geekbench - OpenCL	888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	35.665
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.215
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	2.987
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	4.154
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	579
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1122	1023
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	579
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1122	1023

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 500	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Tesla
Code name	Apollo Lake GT1	G98
Launch date	1 September 2015	4 December 2007
Place in performance rating	1645	1641
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	750 MHz
Core clock speed	200 MHz	567 MHz
Floating-point performance	144.0 gflops	39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	12	16
Texture fill rate	9 GTexel / s	4.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCI
Length		170 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / LPDDR4	DDR3
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		8 GB / s
Memory clock speed		666 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync