NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • 2.6x more core clock speed: 1152 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • 9.2x more texture fill rate: 33.1 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
  • 24x more pipelines: 384 vs 16
  • 36.8x better floating-point performance: 1,059 gflops vs 28.8 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 80 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 2100 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Launch date 12 March 2018 vs 9 May 2007
Core clock speed 1152 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate 33.1 GTexel / s vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 16
Floating-point performance 1,059 gflops vs 28.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 2100 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

  • Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 20 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 14 Watt vs 20 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 621
PassMark - G3D Mark 67
PassMark - G2D Mark 56
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 892
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 892

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Tesla
Code name GP108 G86
Launch date 12 March 2018 9 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $79
Place in performance rating 1629 1626
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1379 MHz
Core clock speed 1152 MHz 450 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,059 gflops 28.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 384 16
Texture fill rate 33.1 GTexel / s 3.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt 14 Watt
Transistor count 1,800 million 210 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x4 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 16.8 GB / s 19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2100 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory type DDR4 GDDR3 / GDDR2
Shared memory 0

Technologies

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