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NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

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NVidia GeForce 8400M GT is the DirectX 10 capable successor of the GeForce Go 7400 for laptops and technologically a slower 8600M GS video card. The performance is slightly above the 7400 and therefore it can represent current games fluently with reduced details / resolutions. For people who play occasionally, it may be sufficient.

The particularity of this video card are the "Unified Shader". Pixel- and vertex-shaders do not exist any more but 16 of the so called stream processors do the graphic work.

One advantage of the GeForce 8000 series is the integrated PureVideo video processor. It can support the CPU in decoding H.264, VC-1, MPEG2, and WMV9 encoded videos in HD quality > PureVideo Product Comparison

Compared to desktop graphics adapters, the 8400M GT is a bit slower than the 8500 GT (because of the lower memory speed).

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G

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NVidia GeForce 8400M G is the DirectX 10 capable successor of the GeForce Go 7400 for laptops and technologically a slower and reduced 8400M GT video card with halved memory connection and only halve as much stream processors. The performance is slightly above the 7400 and therefore it can represent DirectX 9 games fluently with reduced details / resolutions. It is too weak for modern DirectX 10 games (at least for higher details). For people who play occasionally, it may be sufficient.

The particularity of this video card are the "Unified Shader". Pixel- and vertex-shaders do not exist any more but 8 of the so called stream processors do the graphic work.

Compared to the faster GS and GT model, the 8400M G does only accellerate MPEG-2 videos with its PureVideo engine. > PureVideo Comparison

Currently there is no desktop graphics card that can be compared to the 8400M G. The 8400 Pro is much faster and compareable to the 8400M GS card.

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NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GTNVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
GeForce 8400M Series
GeForce 8400M GT 16 @ 0.45 GHz128 Bit @ 600 MHz
GeForce 8400M GS compare 16 @ 0.4 GHz64 Bit @ 600 MHz
GeForce 8400M G 8 @ 0.4 GHz64 Bit @ 600 MHz
GeForce 8400M GT 16 @ 0.45 GHz128 Bit @ 600 MHz
GeForce 8400M GS compare 16 @ 0.4 GHz64 Bit @ 600 MHz
GeForce 8400M G 8 @ 0.4 GHz64 Bit @ 600 MHz
CodenameG86MG86M
Pipelines16 - unified8 - unified
Core Speed450 MHz400 MHz
Shader Speed900 MHz800 MHz
Memory Speed600 MHz600 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR3 / GDDR2GDDR3 / GDDR2
Max. Amount of Memory512 MB256 MB
Shared Memorynono
APIDirectX 10, Shader 4.0DirectX 10, Shader 4.0
Power Consumption14 Watt10 Watt
Transistors210 Million210 Million
technology80 nm80 nm
Features900 MHZ Shader-Taktfrequenz, PureVideo Technologie (H.264, VC-1, MPEG2, WMV9 Decodierbeschleunigung), HDCP-fähig, PowerMizer 7.0 Energieverwaltung (dynamisches umschalten zwischen Leistung und Energiesparen), HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting), designed für Windows Vista, 16x Vollbild AA, 16x winkelunabhängiges AF, 128-Bit HDR Ausleuchtung mit AA, PCI-E 16x, OpenGL 2.1, Gigathread Technologie800 MHZ Shader-Taktfrequenz, HDCP-fähig, PowerMizer 7.0 Energieverwaltung (dynamisches umschalten zwischen Leistung und Energiesparen), HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting), designed für Windows Vista, 16x Vollbild AA, 16x winkelunabhängiges AF, 128-Bit HDR Ausleuchtung mit AA, PCI-E 16x, OpenGL 2.1, Gigathread Technologie
Date of Announcement09.05.2007 09.05.2007
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.nvidia.dewww.nvidia.de

Benchmarks

3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
min: 7492     avg: 7600     median: 7560 (8%)     max: 7778 Points
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
6640 Points (3%)
min: 2597     avg: 2849     median: 2923 (2%)     max: 2954 Points
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 2086     avg: 3587     median: 4012.5 (4%)     max: 4235 Points
min: 894     avg: 1684     median: 1754.5 (2%)     max: 1994 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT
3DMark 06
1033 Points (1%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
912 Points (1%)
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
3DMark 06
min: 1021     avg: 1116     median: 1112 (1%)     max: 1217 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800 + NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
3DMark 06
min: 1029     avg: 1165     median: 1071 (1%)     max: 1545 Points
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
1443 Points (1%)

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT → 100% n=3

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G → 59% n=3

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
red legend - Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Crysis - GPU Benchmark

Crysis - GPU Benchmark

2007
low 1024x768
GeForce 8400M G:
15.3  fps
med. 1024x768
GeForce 8400M G:
5.1  fps
Crysis - CPU Benchmark

Crysis - CPU Benchmark

2007
low 1024x768
GeForce 8400M G:
13.6  fps
med. 1024x768
GeForce 8400M G:
5.1  fps
F.E.A.R.

F.E.A.R.

2005
low 640x480
GeForce 8400M G:
60 176 181 188 189 ~ 159 fps
med. 800x600
GeForce 8400M G:
22 32 32 34 37 ~ 31 fps
high 1024x768
GeForce 8400M G:
10 11 11 12 12 ~ 11 fps
Doom 3

Doom 3

2004
low 640x480
100%
GeForce 8400M GT:
95.7 114.2 ~ 105 fps
59%
GeForce 8400M G:
59.9 60.7 65.5 ~ 62 fps
med. 640x480
100%
GeForce 8400M GT:
99.5 113.8 ~ 107 fps
51%
GeForce 8400M G:
46.3 59.6 60.4 ~ 55 fps
high 800x600
100%
GeForce 8400M GT:
70.1 89.7 ~ 80 fps
51%
GeForce 8400M G:
38.7 40.5 44.6 ~ 41 fps
ultra 1024x768
100%
GeForce 8400M GT:
38.3 59.8 ~ 49 fps
49%
GeForce 8400M G:
20.9 25 27.2 ~ 24 fps
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

1999
high 1024x768
GeForce 8400M G:
123 125.8 126 140.4 ~ 129 fps

Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G → 53%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 54%

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GTNVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
lowmed.highultraQHD4Klowmed.highultraQHD4K
Crysis - GPU Benchmark15.275.14
Crysis - CPU Benchmark13.555.1
F.E.A.R.1593111
Doom 3105107804962554124
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo129
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GTNVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
lowmed.highultraQHD4Klowmed.highultraQHD4K
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