NVIDIA ION vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA ION 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA ION

NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA ION

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 40 Watt
Around 36% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2440 vs 1791
Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 571 vs 445
Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 571 vs 445

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 June 2008 vs 17 April 2007
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 40 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	2440 vs 1791
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	571 vs 445
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	571 vs 445

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS

Around 2% higher core clock speed: 459 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 156 vs 108
Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 24 vs 16

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	459 MHz vs 450 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	156 vs 108
PassMark - G2D Mark	24 vs 16

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA ION
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

108

156

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2440

1791

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

571

445

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

571

445

Name	NVIDIA ION	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	108	156
PassMark - G2D Mark	16	24
Geekbench - OpenCL	2440	1791
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	571	445
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	571	445
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		224
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		224

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA ION	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	MCP7A-ION	G86
Launch date	3 June 2008	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1692	1695
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$29.99
Price now		$39.99
Value for money (0-100)		3.68
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	459 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	282 million	210 million
Floating-point performance		29.376 gflops
Pipelines		16
Texture fill rate		3.6 billion / sec
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		170 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Memory type		DDR2
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
SLI