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).

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

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 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 56 vs 44

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 44

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 85% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 124 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	124 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

GPU 1

GPU 2

124

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

892

1397

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

892

1397

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	67	124
PassMark - G2D Mark	56	44
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
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G86	G84
Launch date	9 May 2007	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1626	1627
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$159
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	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	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
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0
SLI