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NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS

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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).

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).

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NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GSNVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT
GeForce 8400M Series
GeForce 8400M GT 16 @ 0.45 GHz128 Bit @ 600 MHz
GeForce 8400M GS 16 @ 0.4 GHz64 Bit @ 600 MHz
GeForce 8400M G compare 8 @ 0.4 GHz64 Bit @ 600 MHz
GeForce 8400M GT 16 @ 0.45 GHz128 Bit @ 600 MHz
GeForce 8400M GS 16 @ 0.4 GHz64 Bit @ 600 MHz
GeForce 8400M G compare 8 @ 0.4 GHz64 Bit @ 600 MHz
CodenameG86MG86M
Pipelines16 - unified16 - unified
Core Speed400 MHz450 MHz
Shader Speed800 MHz900 MHz
Memory Speed600 MHz600 MHz
Memory Bus Width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR2 / GDDR3GDDR3 / GDDR2
Max. Amount of Memory256 MB512 MB
Shared Memorynono
APIDirectX 10, Shader 4.0DirectX 10, Shader 4.0
Power Consumption11 Watt14 Watt
Transistors210 Million210 Million
technology80 nm80 nm
Features800 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 Technologie900 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
Date of Announcement09.05.2007 09.05.2007
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.nvidia.dewww.nvidia.de

Benchmarks

3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
min: 10921     avg: 12724     median: 12521.5 (13%)     max: 15120 Points
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
min: 4199     avg: 4798     median: 4852.5 (3%)     max: 5434 Points
6640 Points (3%)
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 1938     avg: 2671     median: 2895 (3%)     max: 3213 Points
min: 2086     avg: 3587     median: 4012.5 (4%)     max: 4235 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
3DMark 06
min: 1066     avg: 1327     median: 1298.5 (2%)     max: 1645 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
3DMark 06
min: 1099     avg: 1326     median: 1343 (2%)     max: 1527 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT
1033 Points (1%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800 + NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
3DMark 06
min: 1105     avg: 1447     median: 1507 (2%)     max: 1623 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1024x768 + NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
3DMark 06
min: 1208     avg: 1383     median: 1382.5 (2%)     max: 1557 Points
Windows Vista Experience Index - Windows Vista Leistungsindex - Grafik (Spiele)
min: 4.3     avg: 4.5     median: 4.5 (65%)     max: 4.6 Points
Windows Vista Experience Index - Windows Vista Leistungsindex - Grafik
min: 3.1     avg: 3.3     median: 3.3 (49%)     max: 3.5 Points
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 2056     avg: 2127     median: 2128.5 (2%)     max: 2193 Points

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

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT → 117% 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.

Command and Conquer III

Command and Conquer III

2007
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce 8400M GS:
16  fps
F.E.A.R.

F.E.A.R.

2005
low 640x480
100%
GeForce 8400M GS:
137 162 233 240 250 252 281 283 289 300 300 305 ~ 253 fps
med. 800x600
100%
GeForce 8400M GS:
46 47 48 49 52 52 52 54 55 55 56 57 ~ 52 fps
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce 8400M GS:
12 12 13 13 14 14 14 15 15 16 16 29 ~ 15 fps
Doom 3

Doom 3

2004
low 640x480
100%
GeForce 8400M GS:
65.2 83.5 87 93.4 98.3 ~ 85 fps
124%
GeForce 8400M GT:
95.7 114.2 ~ 105 fps
med. 640x480
100%
GeForce 8400M GS:
63 65.1 67.8 82.1 100.3 ~ 76 fps
141%
GeForce 8400M GT:
99.5 113.8 ~ 107 fps
high 800x600
100%
GeForce 8400M GS:
44.2 50.9 57 59.8 65.1 ~ 55 fps
145%
GeForce 8400M GT:
70.1 89.7 ~ 80 fps
ultra 1024x768
100%
GeForce 8400M GS:
27.6 27.6 32.8 36.5 40.8 ~ 33 fps
148%
GeForce 8400M GT:
38.3 59.8 ~ 49 fps
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

1999
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce 8400M GS:
107.4 122 127 143.8 175.4 192 199.1 221 223 231 234.2 ~ 180 fps

Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT → 140%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 148%

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GSlowmed.highultraQHD4K
Command and Conquer III16
F.E.A.R.2535215
Doom 385765533
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo180
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