NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 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

  • Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 47 Watt
  • Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 156 vs 131
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt vs 47 Watt
Memory clock speed 800 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 156 vs 131

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

  • Around 18% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 459 MHz
  • 2.4x more texture fill rate: 8.6 billion / sec vs 3.6 billion / sec
  • 2x more pipelines: 32 vs 16
  • 2.6x better floating-point performance: 76.16 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
  • Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 42 vs 24
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 449 vs 224
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 449 vs 224
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1397 vs 445
  • 3.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1397 vs 445
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 540 MHz vs 459 MHz
Texture fill rate 8.6 billion / sec vs 3.6 billion / sec
Pipelines 32 vs 16
Floating-point performance 76.16 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 42 vs 24
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 449 vs 224
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 449 vs 224
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1397 vs 445
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1397 vs 445

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
156
131
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
24
42
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
224
449
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
224
449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
445
1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
445
1397
Name NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 156 131
PassMark - G2D Mark 24 42
Geekbench - OpenCL 1791
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 224 449
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 224 449
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 445 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 445 1397

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Tesla
Code name G86 G84
Launch date 17 April 2007 17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $29.99 $159
Place in performance rating 1695 1621
Price now $39.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 3.68

Technical info

Core clock speed 459 MHz 540 MHz
Floating-point performance 29.376 gflops 76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 80 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 16 32
Texture fill rate 3.6 billion / sec 8.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt 47 Watt
Transistor count 210 million 289 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 2.1 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 6.4 GB / s 22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 700 MHz
Memory type DDR2 GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU 256 MB 256 MB

Technologies

SLI