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).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

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	620
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	1625	1623
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
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