NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 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 Quadro FX 4600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
13.4x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 134 Watt
Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 241 vs 127

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 May 2007 vs 5 March 2007
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 134 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	241 vs 127

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
3.8x more texture fill rate: 12 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
12x more pipelines: 96 vs 8
18x better floating-point performance: 230.4 gflops vs 12.8 gflops
3x more maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 256 MB
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 800 MHz
7.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 431 vs 59
6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3230 vs 542
6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3230 vs 542

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 8
Floating-point performance	230.4 gflops vs 12.8 gflops
Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	431 vs 59
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3230 vs 542
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3230 vs 542

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

431

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

241

127

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

542

3230

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

542

3230

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
PassMark - G3D Mark	59	431
PassMark - G2D Mark	241	127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	542	3230
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	542	3230

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G86	G80
Launch date	9 May 2007	5 March 2007
Place in performance rating	1213	1214
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,999
Price now		$143.51
Value for money (0-100)		5.45
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	12.8 gflops	230.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	8	96
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	134 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	681 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		229 mm
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	768 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	67.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3 / GDDR2	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0