NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3

NVIDIA GeForce 6100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 22% higher core clock speed: 520 MHz vs 425 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
4.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 496 vs 111
4.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 496 vs 111

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 July 2010 vs 11 October 2004
Core clock speed	520 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	496 vs 111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	496 vs 111

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6100

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

496

111

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

496

111

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3	NVIDIA GeForce 6100
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	275
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	496	111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	496	111
PassMark - G3D Mark		27
PassMark - G2D Mark		44

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3	NVIDIA GeForce 6100
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Curie
Code name	GT218	C51
Launch date	12 July 2010	11 October 2004
Place in performance rating	1687	1689
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	520 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt
Transistor count	260 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	10.1	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