NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS and NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430 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 GS

NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
3.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 109 vs 31
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 37 vs 16

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 May 2007 vs 11 October 2004
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	109 vs 31
PassMark - G2D Mark	37 vs 16

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430

Around 6% higher core clock speed: 425 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	425 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

109

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS	NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430
PassMark - G3D Mark	109	31
PassMark - G2D Mark	37	16
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	40
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	40

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS	NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE + nForce 430
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G86	C61
Launch date	9 May 2007	11 October 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$14.99
Place in performance rating	1694	1696
Price now	$14.99
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	7.22
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	425 MHz
Floating-point performance	25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	11 Watt
Transistor count	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-I	PCI
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2 / GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
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