NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2 and NVIDIA GeForce 6100 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 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
  • 5.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 568 vs 111
  • 5.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 568 vs 111
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 December 2007 vs 11 October 2004
Core clock speed 567 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 568 vs 111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 568 vs 111

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6100

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
568
111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
568
111
Name NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 568 111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 568 111
PassMark - G3D Mark 27
PassMark - G2D Mark 44

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Curie
Code name G98 C51
Launch date 4 December 2007 11 October 2004
Place in performance rating 1691 1688
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 567 MHz 425 MHz
Floating-point performance 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 8
Texture fill rate 4.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt
Transistor count 210 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 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 6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz
Memory type DDR2