NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI and NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a 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: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 567 MHz vs 425 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm
16x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1023 vs 64
16x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1023 vs 64

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 December 2007 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	567 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1023 vs 64
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1023 vs 64

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1023

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1023

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1023	64
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1023	64
PassMark - G2D Mark		83
PassMark - G3D Mark		31

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G98	C68
Launch date	4 December 2007	1 February 2006
Place in performance rating	1650	1652
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	567 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	112 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCI
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	666 MHz
Memory type	DDR3