NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 and NVIDIA GeForce 9200 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 9200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 4% higher core clock speed: 520 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 40 Watt

Launch date	12 July 2010 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	520 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 40 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9200

Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 502 vs 496
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 502 vs 496

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	502 vs 496
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	502 vs 496

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9200

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

496

502

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

496

502

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3	NVIDIA GeForce 9200
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	275
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	496	502
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	496	502
PassMark - G3D Mark		169
PassMark - G2D Mark		27

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3	NVIDIA GeForce 9200
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	C78
Launch date	12 July 2010	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1687	1684
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	520 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	210 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	PCI
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	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