NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 4% higher core clock speed: 589 MHz vs 567 MHz
Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 4.71 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Around 14% better floating-point performance: 44.86 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1052 vs 1023
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1052 vs 1023

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 November 2009 vs 4 December 2007
Core clock speed	589 MHz vs 567 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.71 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	44.86 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1052 vs 1023
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1052 vs 1023

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 31 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 31 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1052

1023

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1052

1023

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI
PassMark - G2D Mark	43
PassMark - G3D Mark	120
Geekbench - OpenCL	2724
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1052	1023
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1052	1023

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G98
Launch date	27 November 2009	4 December 2007
Place in performance rating	1639	1641
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	589 MHz	567 MHz
Floating-point performance	44.86 gflops	39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	16	16
Texture fill rate	4.71 GTexel / s	4.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Length	168 mm	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	5.33 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	666 MHz	666 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR3