NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS and NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 8% higher core clock speed: 459 MHz vs 425 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
  • 4.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 156 vs 33
  • 6.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 445 vs 71
  • 6.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 445 vs 71
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 April 2007 vs 11 October 2004
Core clock speed 459 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 80 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 156 vs 33
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 445 vs 71
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 445 vs 71

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE

  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 30 vs 24
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 30 vs 24

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
156
33
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
24
30
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
445
71
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
445
71
Name NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE
PassMark - G3D Mark 156 33
PassMark - G2D Mark 24 30
Geekbench - OpenCL 1791
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 224
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 224
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 445 71
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 445 71

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Curie
Code name G86 C51
Launch date 17 April 2007 11 October 2004
Launch price (MSRP) $29.99
Place in performance rating 1695 1696
Price now $39.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 3.68

Technical info

Core clock speed 459 MHz 425 MHz
Floating-point performance 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 80 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 16
Texture fill rate 3.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt
Transistor count 210 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCI
Length 170 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 10.0 9.0c
OpenGL 2.1 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz
Memory type DDR2
Standard memory config per GPU 256 MB

Technologies

SLI