NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE and NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 35% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • Around 35% higher texture fill rate: 4.32 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 38 vs 34
  • 15.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 620 vs 40
  • 15.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 620 vs 40
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 June 2008 vs 9 May 2007
Core clock speed 540 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate 4.32 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 38 vs 34
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 620 vs 40
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 620 vs 40

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS

  • 2x more pipelines: 16 vs 8
  • Around 23% better floating-point performance: 25.6 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 101 vs 80
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 16 vs 8
Floating-point performance 25.6 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 101 vs 80

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
80
101
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
38
34
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
620
40
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
620
40
Name NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
PassMark - G3D Mark 80 101
PassMark - G2D Mark 38 34
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 40
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 620 40

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Tesla
Code name G98 G86
Launch date 1 June 2008 9 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $22.99 $14.99
Place in performance rating 1691 1693
Price now $22.99 $14.99
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 5.67 7.22

Technical info

Core clock speed 540 MHz 400 MHz
Floating-point performance 20.8 gflops 25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 8 16
Texture fill rate 4.32 GTexel / s 3.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count 210 million 210 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 11 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-I
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 256 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 GDDR2 / GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0