NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 vs NVIDIA ION

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 and NVIDIA ION 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, Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3

NVIDIA ION

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 520 MHz vs 450 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm

Launch date	12 July 2010 vs 3 June 2008
Core clock speed	520 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA ION

Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 25 Watt
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 571 vs 496
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 571 vs 496

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 25 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	571 vs 496
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	571 vs 496

Compare benchmarks

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

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

496

571

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

496

571

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3	NVIDIA ION
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	275
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	496	571
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	496	571
PassMark - G3D Mark		84
PassMark - G2D Mark		18
Geekbench - OpenCL		2440

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3	NVIDIA ION
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	MCP7A-ION
Launch date	12 July 2010	3 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1687	1690
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	520 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	20 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	282 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
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