NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

NVIDIA GeForce 8400

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 2% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 540 MHz
4.1x more texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 64 vs 8
8.5x better floating-point performance: 176 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
3x more maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 256 MB
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 404 vs 81
4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2917 vs 733
4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2917 vs 733

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 March 2009 vs 4 December 2007
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	64 vs 8
Floating-point performance	176 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	404 vs 81
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2917 vs 733
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2917 vs 733

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400

2.4x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 59 Watt
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 160 vs 65

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 59 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	160 vs 65

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

404

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

160

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2917

733

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2917

733

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800	NVIDIA GeForce 8400
PassMark - G3D Mark	404	81
PassMark - G2D Mark	65	160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2917	733
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2917	733

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800	NVIDIA GeForce 8400
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G94	G98
Launch date	30 March 2009	4 December 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$489	$69.78
Place in performance rating	1401	1403
Price now	$186.29	$69.78
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	4.05	1.87
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	540 MHz
Floating-point performance	176 gflops	20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	64	8
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s	4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	59 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2