NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
  • Around 93% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 241 vs 125
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 9 May 2007 vs 1 August 2006
Manufacturing process technology 80 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 241 vs 125

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT

  • Around 25% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • Around 88% higher texture fill rate: 6 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 12 vs 8
  • Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • 3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 210 vs 59
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate 6 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 12 vs 8
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 210 vs 59

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
59
210
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
241
125
Name NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 59 210
PassMark - G2D Mark 241 125
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 542
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 542

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Curie
Code name G86 G73
Launch date 9 May 2007 1 August 2006
Place in performance rating 1204 1206
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 400 MHz 500 MHz
Floating-point performance 12.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 80 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 8 12
Texture fill rate 3.2 GTexel / s 6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt
Transistor count 210 million 177 million
Boost clock speed 500 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 10.0 9.0c
OpenGL 3.3 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 6.4 GB / s 19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 600 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 / GDDR2 128
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0