NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M 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 Quadro NVS 140M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 30% higher core clock speed: 520 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 4.16 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Around 54% better floating-point performance: 39.36 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 496 vs 169
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 496 vs 169

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 July 2010 vs 9 May 2007
Core clock speed	520 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	496 vs 169
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	496 vs 169

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 25 Watt
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 800 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 25 Watt
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

496

169

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

496

169

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	275
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	275
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	496	169
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	496	169
PassMark - G3D Mark		79
PassMark - G2D Mark		46

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G86
Launch date	12 July 2010	9 May 2007
Place in performance rating	1686	1684
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	520 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops	25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	16	16
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	210 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	PCIe 2.0 x16
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	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3, GDDR2
Shared memory		yes
Technologies
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