NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS

NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS

3.6x lower typical power consumption: 11 Watt vs 40 Watt
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 37 vs 24

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	11 Watt vs 40 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	37 vs 24

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 459 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 3.6 billion / sec vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Around 15% better floating-point performance: 29.376 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 156 vs 109
11.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 445 vs 40
11.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 445 vs 40

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	459 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.6 billion / sec vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	29.376 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	156 vs 109
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	445 vs 40
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	445 vs 40

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

109

156

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

445

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

445

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	109	156
PassMark - G2D Mark	37	24
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	40	445
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	40	445
Geekbench - OpenCL		1791
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		224
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		224

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G86	G86
Launch date	9 May 2007	17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$14.99	$29.99
Place in performance rating	1694	1695
Price now	$14.99	$39.99
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	7.22	3.68
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	459 MHz
Floating-point performance	25.6 gflops	29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	16	16
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s	3.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	11 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-I	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		170 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2 / GDDR3	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0
SLI