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).

 

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
31
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
37
16
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 1697
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
PowerMizer 7.0