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

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

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 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 20% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 666 MHz
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 22 March 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 666 MHz
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 7300 LE

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 7300 LE
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		79
PassMark - G2D Mark		43

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Curie
Code name	GT218	G72
Launch date	12 July 2010	22 March 2006
Place in performance rating	1687	1684
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$32
Price now		$32
Value for money (0-100)		2.25
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
Transistor count	260 million	112 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 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	5.33 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	666 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2