NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 and NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G 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 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 30% higher core clock speed: 520 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • 2x more pipelines: 16 vs 8
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
  • Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 496 vs 328
  • Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 496 vs 328
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 July 2010 vs 3 June 2008
Core clock speed 520 MHz vs 400 MHz
Pipelines 16 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 496 vs 328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 496 vs 328

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
496
328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
496
328
Name NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 275
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 496 328
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 496 328
PassMark - G3D Mark 65
PassMark - G2D Mark 34

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0
Code name GT218 MCP77MV MCP79MVL
Launch date 12 July 2010 3 June 2008
Place in performance rating 1685 1686
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 520 MHz 400 MHz
Floating-point performance 39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 16 8
Texture fill rate 4.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt
Transistor count 260 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 170 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 10.1 10
OpenGL 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz
Memory type DDR2
Shared memory yes