NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT
- 3.4x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 47 Watt
- Around 71% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 700 MHz
- Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 56 vs 43
Specifications (specs) | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 14 Watt vs 47 Watt |
Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz vs 700 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 56 vs 43 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
- Around 20% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 450 MHz
- 2.4x more texture fill rate: 8.6 billion / sec vs 3.6 GTexel / s
- 2x more pipelines: 32 vs 16
- 2.6x better floating-point performance: 76.16 gflops vs 28.8 gflops
- Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 123 vs 67
- Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1397 vs 892
- Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1397 vs 892
Specifications (specs) | |
Core clock speed | 540 MHz vs 450 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 8.6 billion / sec vs 3.6 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 32 vs 16 |
Floating-point performance | 76.16 gflops vs 28.8 gflops |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 123 vs 67 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1397 vs 892 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1397 vs 892 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 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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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT | NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 67 | 123 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 56 | 43 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 892 | 1397 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 892 | 1397 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 449 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 449 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT | NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla | Tesla |
Code name | G86 | G84 |
Launch date | 9 May 2007 | 17 April 2007 |
Place in performance rating | 1623 | 1624 |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $159 | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 450 MHz | 540 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 28.8 gflops | 76.16 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 80 nm |
Pipelines | 16 | 32 |
Texture fill rate | 3.6 GTexel / s | 8.6 billion / sec |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 14 Watt | 47 Watt |
Transistor count | 210 million | 289 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Length | 170 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 19.2 GB / s | 22.4 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz | 700 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR3 / GDDR2 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Standard memory config per GPU | 256 MB | |
Technologies |
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PowerMizer 7.0 | ||
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