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)
GPU 1
GPU 2
496
331
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
496
331
Name NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
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

Essentials

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

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

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 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