NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 and NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
- Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
- Around 30% higher core clock speed: 520 MHz vs 400 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
- Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 27 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
- Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 496 vs 331
- Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 496 vs 331
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 12 July 2010 vs 22 March 2006 |
| Core clock speed | 520 MHz vs 400 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 90 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 25 Watt vs 27 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 512 MB vs 256 MB |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 496 vs 331 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 496 vs 331 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
- Around 15% higher texture fill rate: 4.8 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
| Texture fill rate | 4.8 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 | NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS |
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| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 275 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 275 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 496 | 331 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 496 | 331 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 158 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 37 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 | NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 | Curie |
| Code name | GT218 | G73 |
| Launch date | 12 July 2010 | 22 March 2006 |
| Place in performance rating | 1686 | 1685 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $84.99 | |
| Price now | $84.99 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 2.06 | |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 520 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 39.36 gflops | |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 90 nm |
| Pipelines | 16 | |
| Texture fill rate | 4.16 GTexel / s | 4.8 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 25 Watt | 27 Watt |
| Transistor count | 260 million | 177 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 170 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
API support |
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| DirectX | 10.1 | 9.0c |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 256 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 6.4 GB / s | 12.8 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR2 | DDR2 |