NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 and NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 9300M GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2x more pipelines: 16 vs 8
Around 76% better floating-point performance: 39.36 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB

Launch date	12 July 2010 vs 4 June 2008
Pipelines	16 vs 8
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS

Around 6% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 520 MHz
Around 6% higher texture fill rate: 4.4 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 25 Watt
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 747 vs 496
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 747 vs 496

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 520 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt vs 25 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	747 vs 496
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	747 vs 496

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

496

747

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

496

747

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3	NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	275
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	496	747
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	496	747
PassMark - G3D Mark		118
PassMark - G2D Mark		24

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3	NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G98
Launch date	12 July 2010	4 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1686	1683
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	520 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops	22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	16	8
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s	4.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	13 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	210 million
CUDA cores		8
Gigaflops		34
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-I
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	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA