NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 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).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 53% higher core clock speed: 610 MHz vs 400 MHz
15.3x more texture fill rate: 48.8 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
30x more pipelines: 240 vs 8
48.6x better floating-point performance: 622.1 gflops vs 12.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
20.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1222 vs 59
6.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3319 vs 542
6.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3319 vs 542

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 November 2008 vs 9 May 2007
Core clock speed	610 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	48.8 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	240 vs 8
Floating-point performance	622.1 gflops vs 12.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1222 vs 59
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3319 vs 542
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3319 vs 542

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

18.9x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 189 Watt
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 241 vs 96

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 189 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	241 vs 96

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1222

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

241

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3319

542

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3319

542

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
PassMark - G3D Mark	1222	59
PassMark - G2D Mark	96	241
Geekbench - OpenCL	18229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3319	542
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3319	542

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT200B	G86
Launch date	11 November 2008	9 May 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,499
Place in performance rating	1201	1203
Price now	$178.89
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	8.02
Technical info
Core clock speed	610 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	622.1 gflops	12.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	240	8
Texture fill rate	48.8 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	189 Watt	10 Watt
Transistor count	1,400 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	512 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3 / GDDR2
Shared memory		0
Technologies
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0