NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 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 GT

NVIDIA GeForce 6800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 325 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 130 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 71% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 700 MHz
Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 892 vs 484
Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 892 vs 484

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 May 2007 vs 14 April 2004
Core clock speed	450 MHz vs 325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	892 vs 484
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	892 vs 484

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800

Around 44% higher texture fill rate: 5.2 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Around 69% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 113 vs 67
4.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 258 vs 56

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	5.2 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	113 vs 67
PassMark - G2D Mark	258 vs 56

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

113

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

258

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

892

484

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

892

484

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT	NVIDIA GeForce 6800
PassMark - G3D Mark	67	113
PassMark - G2D Mark	56	258
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	892	484
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	892	484

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT	NVIDIA GeForce 6800
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G86	NV40 A1
Launch date	9 May 2007	14 April 2004
Place in performance rating	1630	1194
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$39.99
Price now		$39.99
Value for money (0-100)		3.61
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	28.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	3.6 GTexel / s	5.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	19.2 GB / s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3 / GDDR2	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0