NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 620

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 53% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 459 MHz
  • 3.1x more texture fill rate: 11.2 billion / sec vs 3.6 billion / sec
  • 6x more pipelines: 96 vs 16
  • 9.2x better floating-point performance: 268.8 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 383 vs 156
  • 6.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 158 vs 24
  • 5.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1162 vs 224
  • 3.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1683 vs 445
  • 5.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1162 vs 224
  • 3.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1683 vs 445
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 May 2012 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed 700 MHz vs 459 MHz
Texture fill rate 11.2 billion / sec vs 3.6 billion / sec
Pipelines 96 vs 16
Floating-point performance 268.8 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 383 vs 156
PassMark - G2D Mark 158 vs 24
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1162 vs 224
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1683 vs 445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1162 vs 224
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1683 vs 445

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS

  • Around 23% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 49 Watt
  • 800x more memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
  • Around 14% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1791 vs 1571
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt vs 49 Watt
Memory clock speed 800 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 1791 vs 1571

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 620
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
383
156
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
158
24
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1571
1791
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1162
224
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1683
445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1162
224
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1683
445
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark 383 156
PassMark - G2D Mark 158 24
Geekbench - OpenCL 1571 1791
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 83.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.371
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 6.791
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 17.41
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1162 224
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1683 445
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1162 224
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1683 445

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Tesla
Code name GF108 G86
Launch date 15 May 2012 17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $39.99 $29.99
Place in performance rating 1554 1695
Price now $39.99 $39.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 13.32 3.68

Technical info

Core clock speed 700 MHz 459 MHz
CUDA cores 96
Floating-point performance 268.8 gflops 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 98 °C
Pipelines 96 16
Texture fill rate 11.2 billion / sec 3.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 49 Watt 40 Watt
Transistor count 585 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 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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) 170 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.2 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1.8 GB/s 800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR2
Standard memory config per GPU 256 MB

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
CUDA
SLI