Intel HD Graphics 515 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 515 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel HD Graphics 515

NVIDIA GeForce 8400

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 515

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 8 month(s) later
5277.8x more texture fill rate: 22.80 GTexel/s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 24 vs 8
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
64x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 256 MB
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 190 vs 160
7.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 636 vs 81
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1657 vs 733
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1657 vs 733

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 4 December 2007
Texture fill rate	22.80 GTexel/s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	24 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 25 Watt
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	190 vs 160
PassMark - G3D Mark	636 vs 81
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1657 vs 733
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1657 vs 733

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400

Around 80% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 300 MHz

Core clock speed	540 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 515
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

190

160

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

636

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1657

733

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1657

733

Name	Intel HD Graphics 515	NVIDIA GeForce 8400
PassMark - G2D Mark	190	160
PassMark - G3D Mark	636	81
Geekbench - OpenCL	2863
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	455
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	881
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	881
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1657	733
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1657	733

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 515	NVIDIA GeForce 8400
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Tesla
Code name	Skylake GT2	G98
Launch date	1 September 2015	4 December 2007
Place in performance rating	1434	1431
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$69.78
Price now		$69.78
Value for money (0-100)		1.87
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	540 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	91.20 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	729.6 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	364.8 GFLOPS
Pipelines	24	8
Pixel fill rate	2.850 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	22.80 GTexel/s	4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	25 Watt
Floating-point performance		20.8 gflops
Transistor count		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	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3	DDR2
Shared memory	Yes
Memory bandwidth		8 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1000 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync