NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
3.2x more core clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 567 MHz
6.9x more texture fill rate: 28.8 billion / sec vs 4.16 GTexel / s
12x more pipelines: 192 vs 16
17.6x better floating-point performance: 691.2 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 54% higher memory clock speed: 1026 MHz vs 666 MHz
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3322 vs 1023
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3322 vs 1023

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 March 2011 vs 4 December 2007
Core clock speed	1800 MHz vs 567 MHz
Texture fill rate	28.8 billion / sec vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 16
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1026 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3322 vs 1023
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3322 vs 1023

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

4.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 116 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 116 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3322

1023

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3322

1023

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI
PassMark - G3D Mark	1557
PassMark - G2D Mark	382
Geekbench - OpenCL	5750
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	18.461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	354.392
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	18.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	41.941
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3322	1023
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3322	1023
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	322

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GF116	G98
Launch date	15 March 2011	4 December 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$149
Place in performance rating	1019	1650
Price now	$287.59
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	7.49
Technical info
Core clock speed	1800 MHz	567 MHz
CUDA cores	192
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops	39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	100 °C
Pipelines	192	16
Texture fill rate	28.8 billion / sec	4.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	116 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	1,170 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Length	8.25" (21 cm)	170 mm
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	One 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.2	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	98.4 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1026 MHz	666 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI