Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)

NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 65 nm

Launch date	1 October 2012 vs 4 December 2007
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 65 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

Around 62% higher core clock speed: 567 MHz vs 350 MHz
2.7x more pipelines: 16 vs 6

Core clock speed	567 MHz vs 350 MHz
Pipelines	16 vs 6

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

Name	Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	294
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1023
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1023

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI
Essentials
Architecture	Ivy Bridge	Tesla
Code name	Ivy Bridge GT1	G98
Launch date	1 October 2012	4 December 2007
Place in performance rating	1653	1650
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	350 MHz	567 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	6	16
Floating-point performance		39.36 gflops
Texture fill rate		4.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		25 Watt
Transistor count		210 million
API support
DirectX	11.0	10.0
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	64 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		8 GB / s
Memory clock speed		666 MHz
Memory type		DDR3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCI
Length		170 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None