NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS and NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430 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

NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430

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
5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 155 vs 31
Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 24 vs 16

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	155 vs 31
PassMark - G2D Mark	24 vs 16

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

155

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS	NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430
PassMark - G3D Mark	155	31
PassMark - G2D Mark	24	16
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	NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G86	C61
Launch date	17 April 2007	11 October 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$29.99
Place in performance rating	1694	1697
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