NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI and NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS 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: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 26% higher core clock speed: 567 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 4.16 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Around 37% better floating-point performance: 39.36 gflops vs 28.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm

Launch date	4 December 2007 vs 1 May 2007
Core clock speed	567 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops vs 28.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS

Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 25 Watt
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 666 MHz
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1095 vs 1023
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1095 vs 1023

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 25 Watt
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1095 vs 1023
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1095 vs 1023

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1023

1095

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1023

1095

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI	NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1023	1095
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1023	1095
PassMark - G3D Mark		70
PassMark - G2D Mark		35

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI	NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G98	G86
Launch date	4 December 2007	1 May 2007
Place in performance rating	1647	1650
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	567 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops	28.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	16	16
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s	3.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	MXM-II
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	666 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3, GDDR2
Shared memory		0
Technologies
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
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