NVIDIA ION vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA ION and NVIDIA GeForce 8400M 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA ION

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 13% higher core clock speed: 450 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 80 nm
  • 14.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 571 vs 40
  • 14.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 571 vs 40
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 June 2008 vs 9 May 2007
Core clock speed 450 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 571 vs 40
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 571 vs 40

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS

  • Around 82% lower typical power consumption: 11 Watt vs 20 Watt
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 109 vs 84
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 37 vs 18
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 11 Watt vs 20 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 109 vs 84
PassMark - G2D Mark 37 vs 18

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
84
109
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
18
37
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
571
40
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
571
40
Name NVIDIA ION NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
PassMark - G3D Mark 84 109
PassMark - G2D Mark 18 37
Geekbench - OpenCL 2440
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 571 40
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 571 40

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA ION NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Tesla
Code name MCP7A-ION G86
Launch date 3 June 2008 9 May 2007
Place in performance rating 1691 1694
Type Desktop Laptop
Launch price (MSRP) $14.99
Price now $14.99
Value for money (0-100) 7.22

Technical info

Core clock speed 450 MHz 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt 11 Watt
Transistor count 282 million 210 million
Floating-point performance 25.6 gflops
Pipelines 16
Texture fill rate 3.2 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCI MXM-I

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

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

Technologies

HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0