NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M and NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz
2.5x more texture fill rate: 8 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 24 vs 8
6.3x better floating-point performance: 80 gflops vs 12.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 98% higher memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 107 vs 105
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1774 vs 542
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1774 vs 542

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 March 2010 vs 9 May 2007
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	24 vs 8
Floating-point performance	80 gflops vs 12.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	107 vs 105
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1774 vs 542
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1774 vs 542

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 14 Watt
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 124 vs 33

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 14 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	124 vs 33

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

107

105

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

124

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1774

542

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1774

542

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
PassMark - G3D Mark	107	105
PassMark - G2D Mark	33	124
Geekbench - OpenCL	3307
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1458
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1458
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1774	542
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1774	542

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT216	G86
Launch date	3 March 2010	9 May 2007
Place in performance rating	1517	1520
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	80 gflops	12.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	24	8
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	486 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3 / GDDR2
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
HybridPower
PCI-E 2.0
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0