NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M and NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G 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 Quadro FX 1800M

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 40% higher core clock speed: 561 MHz vs 400 MHz
4.2x more texture fill rate: 13.46 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
9x more pipelines: 72 vs 8
12.7x better floating-point performance: 162 gflops vs 12.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 800 MHz
4.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 494 vs 105
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1450 vs 542
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1450 vs 542

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 June 2009 vs 9 May 2007
Core clock speed	561 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	13.46 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	72 vs 8
Floating-point performance	162 gflops vs 12.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	2200 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	494 vs 105
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1450 vs 542
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1450 vs 542

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

4.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 45 Watt
Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 124 vs 66

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	124 vs 66

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

494

105

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

124

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1450

542

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1450

542

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
PassMark - G3D Mark	494	105
PassMark - G2D Mark	66	124
Geekbench - OpenCL	7043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1450	542
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1450	542
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	926
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	926

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT215	G86
Launch date	15 June 2009	9 May 2007
Place in performance rating	1518	1520
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	561 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	162 gflops	12.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	72	8
Texture fill rate	13.46 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	35.2 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2200 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR5	GDDR3 / GDDR2
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0