NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI and NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i 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 7100 + nForce 630i

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 90 nm

Launch date	4 December 2007 vs 4 October 2007
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i

Around 6% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 567 MHz

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 567 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1023
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1023
PassMark - G2D Mark		37
PassMark - G3D Mark		42

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G98	C73
Launch date	4 December 2007	4 October 2007
Place in performance rating	1647	1648
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	567 MHz	600 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