NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 8400M 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 4.32 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 63 vs 56
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 176 vs 67

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 March 2009 vs 9 May 2007
Core clock speed	540 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.32 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	63 vs 56
PassMark - G3D Mark	176 vs 67

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

2x more pipelines: 16 vs 8
Around 38% better floating-point performance: 28.8 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 35 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 892 vs 593
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 892 vs 593

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	16 vs 8
Floating-point performance	28.8 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 35 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	892 vs 593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	892 vs 593

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

176

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

593

892

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

593

892

Name	NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT
PassMark - G2D Mark	63	56
PassMark - G3D Mark	176	67
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	593	892
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	593	892

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G98	G86
Launch date	10 March 2009	9 May 2007
Place in performance rating	1623	1624
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	540 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	20.8 gflops	28.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	8	16
Texture fill rate	4.32 GTexel / s	3.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	14 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
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	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3 / GDDR2
Shared memory		0
Technologies
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0