NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 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 6600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 73% higher core clock speed: 520 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 73% higher texture fill rate: 4.16 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 500 MHz
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 496 vs 211
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 496 vs 211

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 July 2010 vs 12 August 2004
Core clock speed	520 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	496 vs 211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	496 vs 211

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6600

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

496

211

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

496

211

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3	NVIDIA GeForce 6600
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	275
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	496	211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	496	211
PassMark - G3D Mark		86
PassMark - G2D Mark		39

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3	NVIDIA GeForce 6600
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Curie
Code name	GT218	NV43 A2
Launch date	12 July 2010	12 August 2004
Place in performance rating	1687	1686
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	520 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s	2.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR