NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS

NVidia GeForce 8400M GS is the DirectX 10 capable successor of the GeForce Go 7400 for laptops and technologically a slower 8400M GT video card (because of the smaller 64 Bit memory bus). The performance is slightly above the 7400 and, therefore, it can represent current (not very demanding) games fluently with reduced details / resolutions. Demanding games like Crysis can only be run in very low details and 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 cards, the 8400M GS can be compared to the 8400 GS which has a 50 MHz higher core clock (and is therefore a bit faster).

Manufacturer	NVIDIA
GeForce 8400M Series	GeForce 8400M GT 16@450MHz GeForce 8400M GS 16@400MHz GeForce 8400M G 8@400MHz
Codename	G86M
Pipelines	16 - unified
Core Speed *	400 MHz
Shader Speed *	800 MHz
Memory Speed *	600 MHz
Memory Bus Width	64 Bit
Memory Type	GDDR2 / GDDR3
Max. Amount of Memory	256 MB
Shared Memory	no
DirectX	DirectX 10, Shader 4.0
Current Consumption	11 Watt
Transistors	210 Million
technology	80 nm
Features	800 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 Technologie
Notebook Size	small and light
Date of Announcement	09.05.2007
Link to Manufacturer Page	http://www.nvidia.de/page/geforce_8400M....

* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.

Benchmarks

3DMark 2001SE - Standard 1024x768

100%

min: 10921 avg: 12724.2 (21%) max: 15120 Points

14 benchmarks and specifications

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3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768

100%

min: 4199 avg: 4797.9 (5%) max: 5434 Points

12 benchmarks and specifications

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3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768

100%

min: 1938 avg: 2670.9 (8%) max: 3213 Points

17 benchmarks and specifications

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Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 -95%

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Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600 -90%

Chrome9 HC -90%

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150 -89%

Mirage 3+ 672MX -88%

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M -63%

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD -54%

Radeon HD 3200 -13%

Radeon HD 4225 -11%

Radeon HD 6250 -2%

GeForce 8400M GS

GeForce G 102M 2%

Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics 5%

Radeon HD 4270 10%

Radeon HD 4200 16%

Radeon HD 4250 17%

ION 2 27%

Radeon HD 6310 35%

GeForce 9400M GeForceBoost 53%

Radeon HD 6320 66%

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GeForce GTX 570 1108%

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3DMark 06

100%

min: 1066 avg: 1379.5 (5%) max: 1645 Points

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Windows Vista Experience Index - GPU

100%

min: 3.1 avg: 3.3 (49%) max: 3.5 Points

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Windows Vista Experience Index - GPU Games

100%

min: 4.3 avg: 4.5 (65%) max: 4.6 Points

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Cinebench R10 - Shading 32Bit

100%

min: 2056 avg: 2127.3 (20%) max: 2193 Points

6 benchmarks and specifications

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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card

- Average benchmark values for this graphics card

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 detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Command and Conquer III (2007)

high:

16 fps

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» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.

F.E.A.R. (2005)

low:

137 162 233 240 250 252 281 283 289 300 300 305 ~ 253 fps

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med.:

46 47 48 49 52 52 52 54 55 55 56 57 ~ 52 fps

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high:

12 12 13 13 14 14 14 15 15 16 16 29 ~ 15 fps

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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..

World of Warcraft (2005): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings low. - more...

Doom 3 (2004)

low:

65.2 83.5 87 93.4 98.3 ~ 85 fps

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med.:

63 65.1 67.9 82.1 100.3 ~ 76 fps

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high:

44.2 50.9 57 59.8 65.1 ~ 55 fps

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ultra:

27.6 27.6 32.8 36.5 40.8 ~ 33 fps

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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)

high:

107.4 122 127 143.8 175.4 192 199.1 221 223 231 234.2 ~ 180 fps

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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.

For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List

Notebook reviews with NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS graphics card

Acer Aspire 7720G (Intel Core 2 Duo T5500, 17")
» Short Review Acer Aspire 7720G Notebook - Review

Dell Inspiron 1420 (Intel Core 2 Duo T7500, 14.1")
» Dell Inspiron 1420 - External Review

Dell Inspiron 1520-PP22L (Intel Core 2 Duo T5250, 15.4")
» Review Dell Inspiron 1520 Notebook - Review
» Dell Inspiron 1520 - External Review

Dell Vostro 1400 (Intel Core 2 Duo T7100, 14.1")
» Dell Vostro 1400 - External Review

Dell XPS M1330 (Intel Core 2 Duo T7300, 13.3")
» Review Dell XPS M1330 Notebook - Review
» Dell XPS M1330 - External Review

HP dv6598eg (Intel Core 2 Duo T7300, 15.4")
» Review HP Pavilion dv6598eg Notebook - Review

HP Pavilion dv2699 (Intel Core 2 Duo T7500, 14.1")
» HP Pavilion dv2699 - External Review

HP Pavilion dv2899 (Intel Core 2 Duo T5550, 14.1")
» HP Pavilion dv2899 - External Review

HP Pavilion dv2988eg (Intel Core 2 Duo T9300, 14.1")
» HP Pavilion dv2988eg - External Review

HP Pavilion dv3000 (Intel Core 2 Duo T9300, 13.3")
» HP Pavilion dv3000 - External Review

HP Pavilion dv6450eg (AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-56, 15.4")
» HP Pavilion dv6450eg - External Review

HP Pavilion dv6500z (AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60, 15.4")
» HP Pavilion dv6500z - External Review

HP Pavilion dv6598eg (Intel Core 2 Duo T7300, 15.4")
» HP Pavilion dv6598eg - External Review

HP Pavilion dv6599eg (Intel Core 2 Duo T7300, 15.4")
» HP Pavilion dv6599eg - External Review

HP Pavilion dv6675us (Intel Core 2 Duo T7250, 15.4")
» HP Pavilion dv6675us - External Review

HP Pavilion dv6699eg (Intel Core 2 Duo T7500, 15.4")
» HP Pavilion dv6699eg - External Review

HP Pavilion dv6750ea (Intel Core 2 Duo T5450, 15.4")
» HP Pavilion dv6750ea - External Review

HP Pavilion dv6880se (Intel Core 2 Duo T5550, 15.4")
» HP Pavilion dv6880se - External Review

HP Pavilion dv9655ea (AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60, 17.1")
» HP Pavilion dv9655ea - External Review

MSI Megabook EX700 (Intel Core 2 Duo T7500, 17.1")
» MSI Megabook EX700 - External Review

Samsung Aura Damali (Intel Core 2 Duo T7100, 12.1")
» Review Samsung Q45 Notebook - Review

Samsung R70 Aura (Intel Core 2 Duo T7100, 15.4")
» Samsung R70 Aura - External Review

Samsung R700-A003UK (Intel Core 2 Duo T5450, 17.1")
» Samsung R700-A003UK - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-SZ61WN/C (Intel Core 2 Duo T7500, 13.3")
» Review Sony Vaio VGN-SZ61WN/C Subnotebook - Review
» Sony Vaio VGN-SZ61WN - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-SZ71WN/C (Intel Core 2 Duo T9300, 13.3")
» Review Sony Vaio VGN-SZ71WN/C Subnotebook - Review

Sony Vaio VGN-SZ750N (Intel Core 2 Duo T8100, 13.3")
» Sony Vaio VGN-SZ750N - External Review

Sony VAIO VGN-SZ791N (Intel Core 2 Duo T9300, 13.3")
» Sony Vaio VGN-SZ791N - External Review

Zepto Znote 3414W (Intel Core 2 Duo T7250, 15.4")
» Review Zepto Znote 3414W Notebook - Review
» Zepto Znote 3414W - External Review

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Inspiron 1520-PP22L	T5250	1024 MB	400 / 400MHz	128MB DDR2 RAM	10921
Dell Vostro 1700	T5470	2048 MB	182 / 400MHz	128MB	11244
Znote 3414W	T7250	2048 MB	400 / 400MHz	256MB GDDR2, GPU Takt (Shader Domain) 800 MHz ForceWare 101.12, 7.15.11.0112	11561
Pavilion dv6563cl	T7300	2048 MB	182 / 400MHz	128MB NB8M-GS	11667
Prestige 1800	T8100	2048 MB	432 / 400MHz	256MB	12361
Vostro 1400	T5470	1024 MB	182 / 400MHz	128MB GDDR2	12410
dv6720ew	TL-60	2048 MB		256MB	12503
Belinea b.book 5	T7500	2048 MB	297 / 400MHz	256MB ForceWare 101.34	12540
	TL-56	2048 MB			12631
XPS M1330	T7300	2048 MB	400 / 600MHz	128MB	13585
XPS M1330 LED-backlit LCD	T7500	1024 MB		128MB	13801
Vaio VGN-SZ61WN/C	T7500	2048 MB	400 / 600MHz	64MB	13802
Vaio VGN-SZ71WN/C	T9300	2048 MB	400 / 400MHz	64MB 7.15.11.0128	13993
Pavilion dv6700	T9300	2048 MB		256MB nVIDIA ForceWare 167.43	15120

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Inspiron 1520-PP22L	T5250	1024 MB	400 / 400MHz	128MB DDR2 RAM	4199
Pavilion dv6563cl	T7300	2048 MB	182 / 400MHz	128MB NB8M-GS	4215
Dell Vostro 1700	T5470	2048 MB	182 / 400MHz	128MB	4224
Znote 3414W	T7250	2048 MB	400 / 400MHz	256MB GDDR2, GPU Takt (Shader Domain) 800 MHz ForceWare 101.12, 7.15.11.0112	4416
Prestige 1800	T8100	2048 MB	432 / 400MHz	256MB	4598
Vostro 1400	T5470	1024 MB	182 / 400MHz	128MB GDDR2	4812
Vaio VGN-SZ71WN/C	T9300	2048 MB	400 / 400MHz	64MB 7.15.11.0128	4893
Vaio VGN-SZ61WN/C	T7500	2048 MB	400 / 600MHz	64MB	4910
dv6720ew	TL-60	2048 MB		256MB	5228
XPS M1330 LED-backlit LCD	T7500	1024 MB		128MB	5296
	TL-56	2048 MB			5350
Pavilion dv6700	T9300	2048 MB		256MB nVIDIA ForceWare 167.43	5434

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Aura Damali	T7100	2048 MB		256MB	1938
Vaio VGN-SZ61WN/C	T7500	2048 MB	400 / 600MHz	64MB	2107
Vaio VGN-SZ71WN/C	T9300	2048 MB	400 / 400MHz	64MB 7.15.11.0128	2127
Inspiron 1520-PP22L	T5250	1024 MB	400 / 400MHz	128MB DDR2 RAM	2244
dv6598eg	T7300	2048 MB		128MB	2294
Pavilion dv6563cl	T7300	2048 MB	182 / 400MHz	128MB NB8M-GS	2297
Dell Vostro 1700	T5470	2048 MB	182 / 400MHz	128MB	2300
Znote 3414W	T7250	2048 MB	400 / 400MHz	256MB GDDR2, GPU Takt (Shader Domain) 800 MHz ForceWare 101.12, 7.15.11.0112	2615
Prestige 1800	T8100	2048 MB	432 / 400MHz	256MB	2895
Belinea b.book 5	T7500	2048 MB	297 / 400MHz	256MB ForceWare 101.34	2902
Vostro 1400	T5470	1024 MB	182 / 400MHz	128MB GDDR2	2956
Aspire 7720G	T5500	2048 MB	400 / 400MHz	256MB GDDR2	3026
dv6720ew	TL-60	2048 MB		256MB	3056
					3100
XPS M1330	T7300	2048 MB	400 / 600MHz	128MB	3168
XPS M1330 LED-backlit LCD	T7500	1024 MB		128MB	3168
Pavilion dv6700	T9300	2048 MB		256MB nVIDIA ForceWare 167.43	3213

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value

Aura Damali	T7100	2048 MB		256MB	1066
	T7300	1024 MB			1266
dv6598eg	T7300	2048 MB		128MB	1331
	T7100				1645
Standard 1280x1024
Vaio VGN-SZ71WN/C	T9300	2048 MB	400 / 400MHz	64MB 7.15.11.0128	1099
Dell Vostro 1700	T5470	2048 MB	182 / 400MHz	128MB	1207
Vostro 1400	T5470	1024 MB	182 / 400MHz	128MB GDDR2	1343
XPS M1330 LED-backlit LCD	T7500	1024 MB		128MB	1456
Znote 3414W	T7250	2048 MB	400 / 400MHz	256MB GDDR2, GPU Takt (Shader Domain) 800 MHz ForceWare 101.12, 7.15.11.0112	1527
Standard 1024x768
Inspiron 1520-PP22L	T5250	1024 MB	400 / 400MHz	128MB DDR2 RAM	1208
Aspire 7720G	T5500	2048 MB	400 / 400MHz	256MB GDDR2	1557
1280x800
Vaio VGN-SZ61WN/C	T7500	2048 MB	400 / 600MHz	64MB	1105
Pavilion dv6563cl	T7300	2048 MB	182 / 400MHz	128MB NB8M-GS	1311
XPS M1330	T7300	2048 MB	400 / 600MHz	128MB	1447
Belinea b.book 5	T7500	2048 MB	297 / 400MHz	256MB ForceWare 101.34	1507
Prestige 1800	T8100	2048 MB	432 / 400MHz	256MB	1517
dv6720ew	TL-60	2048 MB		256MB	1616
Pavilion dv6700	T9300	2048 MB		256MB nVIDIA ForceWare 167.43	1623

Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Znote 3414W	T7250	2048 MB	400 / 400MHz	256MB GDDR2, GPU Takt (Shader Domain) 800 MHz ForceWare 101.12, 7.15.11.0112	3.1
Vaio VGN-SZ71WN/C	T9300	2048 MB	400 / 400MHz	64MB 7.15.11.0128	3.5

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