NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI and NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400 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 Go 6400

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 567 MHz vs 400 MHz
2.6x more texture fill rate: 4.16 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 16 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 110 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 32 MB

Launch date	4 December 2007 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	567 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	16 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 32 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400

Around 5% higher memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 666 MHz

Memory clock speed	700 MHz vs 666 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1023
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1023
PassMark - G3D Mark		24
PassMark - G2D Mark		212

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G98	NV44 A2
Launch date	4 December 2007	1 February 2006
Place in performance rating	1650	870
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	567 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	16	4
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	75 million
Boost clock speed		400 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 1.0 x16
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	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	5.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	350 Bit
Memory clock speed	666 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	64
Shared memory		0
Technologies
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