NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M

NVIDIA GeForce 8400

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.7x more core clock speed: 1436 MHz vs 540 MHz
4.1x more texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
12x more pipelines: 96 vs 8
13.3x better floating-point performance: 275.71 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 645 vs 81
4.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3329 vs 733
4.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3329 vs 733

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 4 December 2007
Core clock speed	1436 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 8
Floating-point performance	275.71 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	645 vs 81
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3329 vs 733
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3329 vs 733

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400

Around 52% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 38 Watt
3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 160 vs 53

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 38 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	160 vs 53

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

645

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

160

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3329

733

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3329

733

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M	NVIDIA GeForce 8400
PassMark - G3D Mark	645	81
PassMark - G2D Mark	53	160
Geekbench - OpenCL	11217
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3329	733
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3329	733

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M	NVIDIA GeForce 8400
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT215	G98
Launch date	7 January 2010	4 December 2007
Place in performance rating	1387	1389
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$69.78
Price now		$69.78
Value for money (0-100)		1.87
Technical info
Core clock speed	1436 MHz	540 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	275.71 gflops	20.8 gflops
Gigaflops	413
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	96	8
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s	4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Single Link DVILVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPortVGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		1000 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management	8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI