NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS vs ATI Radeon X300

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS and ATI Radeon X300 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS

ATI Radeon X300

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 22% higher core clock speed: 459 MHz vs 375 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 3.6 billion / sec vs 1.5 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 110 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 400 MHz
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 156 vs 41

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 April 2007 vs 1 September 2004
Core clock speed	459 MHz vs 375 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.6 billion / sec vs 1.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	156 vs 41

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X300

Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 36 Watt vs 40 Watt
8.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 209 vs 24

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	36 Watt vs 40 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	209 vs 24

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

156

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

209

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS	ATI Radeon X300
PassMark - G3D Mark	156	41
PassMark - G2D Mark	24	209
Geekbench - OpenCL	1791
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	224
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	224
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	445
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	445

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS	ATI Radeon X300
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 9
Code name	G86	RV370
Launch date	17 April 2007	1 September 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$29.99
Place in performance rating	1695	884
Price now	$39.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	3.68
Technical info
Core clock speed	459 MHz	375 MHz
Floating-point performance	29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	3.6 billion / sec	1.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt	36 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	107 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 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR
Standard memory config per GPU	256 MB
Technologies
SLI