NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 610

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 80% higher core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • Around 81% higher texture fill rate: 6.5 billion / sec vs 3.6 GTexel / s
  • 3x more pipelines: 48 vs 16
  • 5.4x better floating-point performance: 155.5 gflops vs 28.8 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1024 MB vs 512 MB
  • 4.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 317 vs 67
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 129 vs 56
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1155 vs 892
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1155 vs 892
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 April 2012 vs 9 May 2007
Core clock speed 810 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate 6.5 billion / sec vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 48 vs 16
Floating-point performance 155.5 gflops vs 28.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size 1024 MB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 317 vs 67
PassMark - G2D Mark 129 vs 56
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1155 vs 892
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1155 vs 892

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 29 Watt
  • 1200x more memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 14 Watt vs 29 Watt
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
317
67
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
129
56
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1155
892
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1155
892
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 317 67
PassMark - G2D Mark 129 56
Geekbench - OpenCL 1281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.471
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 77.99
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.233
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 6.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.053
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 835
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1155 892
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 835
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1155 892
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 87

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Tesla
Code name GF119 G86
Launch date 2 April 2012 9 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $39.99
Place in performance rating 1621 1623
Price now $39.99
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 10.13

Technical info

Core clock speed 810 MHz 450 MHz
CUDA cores 48
Floating-point performance 155.5 gflops 28.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 102 °C
Pipelines 48 16
Texture fill rate 6.5 billion / sec 3.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 29 Watt 14 Watt
Transistor count 292 million 210 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI, VGA No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0
Height 2.7" (6.9 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.2 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1024 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1.8 GB/s 1200 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3 / GDDR2
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
CUDA
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0