NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS and NVIDIA GeForce 7300 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 GS
- Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
- Around 14% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 350 MHz
- Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 3.2 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
- 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 11 Watt vs 24 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
- Around 23% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 650 MHz
- Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 34 vs 29
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 9 May 2007 vs 15 May 2006 |
Core clock speed | 400 MHz vs 350 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 3.2 GTexel / s vs 2.8 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm vs 90 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 11 Watt vs 24 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 256 MB vs 128 MB |
Memory clock speed | 800 MHz vs 650 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 34 vs 29 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
- Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 138 vs 101
- 6.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 244 vs 40
- 6.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 244 vs 40
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 138 vs 101 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 244 vs 40 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 244 vs 40 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS | NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 101 | 138 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 34 | 29 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 40 | 244 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 40 | 244 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS | NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla | Curie |
Code name | G86 | G73 |
Launch date | 9 May 2007 | 15 May 2006 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $14.99 | $149.99 |
Place in performance rating | 1693 | 1695 |
Price now | $14.99 | $149.99 |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Value for money (0-100) | 7.22 | 0.94 |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 400 MHz | 350 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 25.6 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 90 nm |
Pipelines | 16 | |
Texture fill rate | 3.2 GTexel / s | 2.8 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 11 Watt | 24 Watt |
Transistor count | 210 million | 177 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | MXM-I | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 9.0c |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 128 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 6.4 GB / s | 10.4 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 650 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR2 / GDDR3 | DDR2 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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PowerMizer 7.0 |