NVIDIA GeForce 8400 vs NVIDIA GeForce2 Go

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400 and NVIDIA GeForce2 Go 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 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
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
  • 3x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 332 MHz
  • 20.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 81 vs 4
  • Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 160 vs 95
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 December 2007 vs 11 November 2000
Core clock speed 540 MHz vs 143 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size 256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz vs 332 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 81 vs 4
PassMark - G2D Mark 160 vs 95

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 Go

  • 132.4x more texture fill rate: 572 MTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
  • 12.5x lower typical power consumption: 2 Watt vs 25 Watt
Texture fill rate 572 MTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 2 Watt vs 25 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8400
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce2 Go

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
81
4
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
160
95
Name NVIDIA GeForce 8400 NVIDIA GeForce2 Go
PassMark - G3D Mark 81 4
PassMark - G2D Mark 160 95
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 733
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 733

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 8400 NVIDIA GeForce2 Go

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Celsius
Code name G98 NV11 B2
Launch date 4 December 2007 11 November 2000
Launch price (MSRP) $69.78
Place in performance rating 1391 1393
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 572 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 2 Watt
Transistor count 210 million 20 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 10.0 7.0
OpenGL 3.3 1.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 64 MB
Memory bandwidth 8 GB / s 5.31 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 332 MHz
Memory type DDR2 DDR