NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT and NVIDIA GeForce 7600 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
2.9x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 40 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 892 vs 565
Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 892 vs 565

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 May 2007 vs 9 March 2006
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 40 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	892 vs 565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	892 vs 565

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Around 24% higher core clock speed: 560 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 87% higher texture fill rate: 6.72 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1200 MHz
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 217 vs 67
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 64 vs 56

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	560 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.72 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	217 vs 67
PassMark - G2D Mark	64 vs 56

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

217

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

892

565

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

892

565

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	67	217
PassMark - G2D Mark	56	64
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	892	565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	892	565

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT	NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G86	G73
Launch date	9 May 2007	9 March 2006
Place in performance rating	1626	1628
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$84.95
Value for money (0-100)		2.78
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	560 MHz
Floating-point performance	28.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	3.6 GTexel / s	6.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	177 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
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	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3 / GDDR2	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0