NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 and NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 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 7300 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 49% higher core clock speed: 520 MHz vs 350 MHz
Around 49% higher texture fill rate: 4.16 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 23% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 650 MHz
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 496 vs 244
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 496 vs 244

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 July 2010 vs 15 May 2006
Core clock speed	520 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 650 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	496 vs 244
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	496 vs 244

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT

Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 24 Watt vs 25 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	24 Watt vs 25 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

496

244

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

496

244

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	275
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	496	244
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	496	244
PassMark - G3D Mark		137
PassMark - G2D Mark		31

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Curie
Code name	GT218	G73
Launch date	12 July 2010	15 May 2006
Place in performance rating	1687	1688
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$149.99
Price now		$149.99
Value for money (0-100)		0.94
Technical info
Core clock speed	520 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s	2.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	24 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	177 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	10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	650 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2