NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 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 670

NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 73% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 567 MHz
24.6x more texture fill rate: 102.5 billion / sec vs 4.16 GTexel / s
84x more pipelines: 1344 vs 16
62.5x better floating-point performance: 2,459.5 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3361 vs 1023
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3361 vs 1023

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 May 2012 vs 4 December 2007
Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 567 MHz
Texture fill rate	102.5 billion / sec vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1344 vs 16
Floating-point performance	2,459.5 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361 vs 1023
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361 vs 1023

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

6.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 170 Watt
111x more memory clock speed: 666 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 170 Watt
Memory clock speed	666 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

1023

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3361

1023

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI
PassMark - G3D Mark	5345
PassMark - G2D Mark	537
Geekbench - OpenCL	15511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	41.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	971.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	40.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	86.208
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3361	1023
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3361	1023
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1839

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla
Code name	GK104	G98
Launch date	10 May 2012	4 December 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$399
Place in performance rating	554	1650
Price now	$474.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	13.20
Technical info
Boost clock speed	980 MHz
Core clock speed	980 MHz	567 MHz
CUDA cores	1344
Floating-point performance	2,459.5 gflops	39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C
Pipelines	1344	16
Texture fill rate	102.5 billion / sec	4.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCI
Length	9.5" (24.1 cm)	170 mm
SLI options	3-way
Supplementary power connectors	Two 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.2	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.2 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256-bit GDDR5	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.0 GB/s	666 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA