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).
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 80% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 151 vs 84
- Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 25 vs 18
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 459 MHz vs 450 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 151 vs 84 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 25 vs 18 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA ION
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
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| Name | NVIDIA ION | NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 84 | 151 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 18 | 25 |
| 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 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Tesla | Tesla |
| Code name | MCP7A-ION | G86 |
| Launch date | 3 June 2008 | 17 April 2007 |
| Place in performance rating | 1691 | 1695 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $29.99 | |
| Price now | $39.99 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 3.68 | |
Technical info |
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| 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 |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCI | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 170 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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| 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 |
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