NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 9400

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT and NVIDIA GeForce 9400 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 9400

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

2.9x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 40 Watt
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 892 vs 800
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 892 vs 800

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 40 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	892 vs 800
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	892 vs 800

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9400

Around 29% higher core clock speed: 580 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 126 vs 67
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 61 vs 56

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	580 MHz vs 450 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	126 vs 67
PassMark - G2D Mark	61 vs 56

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

126

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

892

800

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

892

800

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT	NVIDIA GeForce 9400
PassMark - G3D Mark	67	126
PassMark - G2D Mark	56	61
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	892	800
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	892	800

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT	NVIDIA GeForce 9400
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G86	MCP7A
Launch date	9 May 2007	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1630	1631
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	580 MHz
Floating-point performance	28.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	3.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 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	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCI
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3 / GDDR2
Shared memory	0
Technologies
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0