NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE

NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 620 vs 568
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 620 vs 568

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 June 2008 vs 4 December 2007
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	620 vs 568
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	620 vs 568

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 567 MHz vs 540 MHz
Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 4.54 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Around 8% better floating-point performance: 22.4 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB

Core clock speed	567 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.54 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	22.4 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

620

568

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

620

568

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2
PassMark - G3D Mark	76
PassMark - G2D Mark	38
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	0.265
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	10.49
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	620	568
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	620	568

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G98	G98
Launch date	1 June 2008	4 December 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$22.99
Place in performance rating	1692	1693
Price now	$22.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	5.67
Technical info
Core clock speed	540 MHz	567 MHz
Floating-point performance	20.8 gflops	22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	8	8
Texture fill rate	4.32 GTexel / s	4.54 GTexel / s
Transistor count	210 million	210 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		25 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		170 mm
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2