NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 3.7x more core clock speed: 1476 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • 16.2x more texture fill rate: 51.8 billion / sec vs 3.2 GTexel / s
  • 30x more pipelines: 240 vs 8
  • 55.4x better floating-point performance: 708.5 gflops vs 12.8 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
  • Around 55% higher memory clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • 25.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1513 vs 59
  • 6.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3347 vs 542
  • 6.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3347 vs 542
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 December 2008 vs 9 May 2007
Core clock speed 1476 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate 51.8 billion / sec vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 240 vs 8
Floating-point performance 708.5 gflops vs 12.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 1242 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1513 vs 59
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3347 vs 542
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3347 vs 542

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

  • 20.4x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 204 Watt
  • 3.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 241 vs 73
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 204 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 241 vs 73

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1513
59
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
73
241
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3347
542
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3347
542
Name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
PassMark - G3D Mark 1513 59
PassMark - G2D Mark 73 241
Geekbench - OpenCL 22124
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3347 542
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3347 542

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0 Tesla
Code name GT200B G86
Launch date 23 December 2008 9 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $359
Place in performance rating 1201 1204
Price now $179.99
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 9.17

Technical info

Core clock speed 1476 MHz 400 MHz
CUDA cores 240
Floating-point performance 708.5 gflops 12.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 240 8
Texture fill rate 51.8 billion / sec 3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 204 Watt 10 Watt
Transistor count 1,400 million 210 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options 2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin None

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 2.1 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 159.0 GB / s 6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 512 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1242 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3 / GDDR2
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR) 128bit
SLI
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0