Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)

NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 40 nm

Launch date	1 October 2012 vs 12 July 2010
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 40 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3

Around 49% higher core clock speed: 520 MHz vs 350 MHz
2.7x more pipelines: 16 vs 6

Core clock speed	520 MHz vs 350 MHz
Pipelines	16 vs 6

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3

Name	Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	294
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		275
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		496
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		496

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
Essentials
Architecture	Ivy Bridge	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Ivy Bridge GT1	GT218
Launch date	1 October 2012	12 July 2010
Place in performance rating	1690	1687
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	350 MHz	520 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	40 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		260 million
API support
DirectX	11.0	10.1
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	64 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		6.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Memory type		DDR2
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		170 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None