NVIDIA GeForce 8400 vs ATI Radeon 7200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400 and ATI Radeon 7200 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 8400

ATI Radeon 7200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 6 month(s) later
3.8x more core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 143 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 180 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 32 MB
7x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 143 MHz
27x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 81 vs 3
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 160 vs 94

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 December 2007 vs 1 June 2000
Core clock speed	540 MHz vs 143 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 143 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	81 vs 3
PassMark - G2D Mark	160 vs 94

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 7200

230.6x more texture fill rate: 996 MTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 25 Watt

Texture fill rate	996 MTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 25 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8400
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 7200

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

160

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8400	ATI Radeon 7200
PassMark - G3D Mark	81	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	160	94
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	733
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	733

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8400	ATI Radeon 7200
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 6
Code name	G98	R100
Launch date	4 December 2007	1 June 2000
Launch price (MSRP)	$69.78
Place in performance rating	1403	1405
Price now	$69.78
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	1.87
Technical info
Core clock speed	540 MHz	143 MHz
Floating-point performance	20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	180 nm
Pipelines	8
Texture fill rate	4.32 GTexel / s	996 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	30 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	7.0
OpenGL	3.3	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	5.31 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	143 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR