NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

NVIDIA GeForce 8400

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 540 MHz
3.6x more texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
6x more pipelines: 48 vs 8
7.5x better floating-point performance: 156 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 323 vs 81
4.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3233 vs 733
4.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3233 vs 733

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 October 2009 vs 4 December 2007
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	48 vs 8
Floating-point performance	156 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	323 vs 81
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3233 vs 733
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3233 vs 733

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400

3x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 75 Watt
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 160 vs 70

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	160 vs 70

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

323

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

160

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3233

733

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3233

733

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230	NVIDIA GeForce 8400
PassMark - G3D Mark	323	81
PassMark - G2D Mark	70	160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3233	733
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3233	733
Geekbench - OpenCL	6073

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230	NVIDIA GeForce 8400
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G94B	G98
Launch date	12 October 2009	4 December 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$43.99	$69.78
Place in performance rating	1428	1431
Price now	$43.99	$69.78
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	13.94	1.87
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	540 MHz
Floating-point performance	156 gflops	20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	48	8
Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s	4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	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
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2