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).

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT

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

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	1213	1198
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