NVIDIA GeForce 800M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 800M and NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G 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 - 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 800M

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 800M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 85% higher core clock speed: 738 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 85% higher texture fill rate: 5.904 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
6x more pipelines: 48 vs 8
11.1x better floating-point performance: 141.7 gflops vs 12.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 800 MHz
4.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 457 vs 105
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 203 vs 124
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1601 vs 542
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1601 vs 542

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 March 2014 vs 9 May 2007
Core clock speed	738 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.904 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	48 vs 8
Floating-point performance	141.7 gflops vs 12.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	457 vs 105
PassMark - G2D Mark	203 vs 124
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1601 vs 542
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1601 vs 542

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 15 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 15 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 800M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

457

105

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

203

124

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1601

542

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1601

542

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 800M	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
PassMark - G3D Mark	457	105
PassMark - G2D Mark	203	124
Geekbench - OpenCL	1303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	4.91
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	109.13
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	7.249
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	15.218
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	703
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1601	542
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	703
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1601	542

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 800M	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GF117	G86
Launch date	17 March 2014	9 May 2007
Place in performance rating	1503	1501
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	738 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	141.7 gflops	12.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	48	8
Texture fill rate	5.904 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3 / GDDR2
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0