AMD Radeon R5 M255
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
AMD Radeon R5 M255
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon R5 M255 and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

854
Place in performance rating
2061
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Value for money (0-100)
0.52
GCN
Architecture
Tesla 2.0
Topaz
Code name
GT218
Laptop
Type
Desktop
1 May 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
12 July 2010
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Price now
$52
Topaz Pro / Sun
GPU code name
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Laptop
Market segment
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Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon R5 M255 and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
16
940 MHz
Core clock speed
520 MHz
940 MHz
Boost Clock
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1,550 million
Transistor count
260 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
25 Watt
22.56
Texture fill rate
4.160
721.9 gflops
Floating-point performance
39.36 gflops
5
Compute units
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320
Pipelines / CUDA cores
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940 MHz
Boost clock speed
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1,550 million
Number of transistors
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon R5 M255 and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Length
170 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
None
PCIe 3.0 x8
Bus support
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon R5 M255 and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
DDR2
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
1000 MHz
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
16 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
6.4 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon R5 M255 and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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Eyefinity
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Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon R5 M255 and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 is the additional functionality.

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AppAcceleration
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HD3D
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PowerTune
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-
TrueAudio
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ZeroCore
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-
Enduro
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1
DualGraphics
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1
Switchable graphics
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PowerPlay
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon R5 M255 and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX® 11
DirectX
11.1 (10_1)
4.4
OpenGL
3.3
6.3
Shader Model
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Not Listed
OpenCL
no data
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Mantle
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R5 M255 and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon R5 M255 or NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R5 M255
NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R5 M255
NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R5 M255
NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R5 M255
NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R5 M255 8.5
NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon R5 M255

2.62% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (384 vs 16)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

More memory bandwidth (16 GB/s vs 6.4 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 4 GB)

So, AMD Radeon R5 M255 or NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R5 M255 .

AMD Radeon R5 M255 versus NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 performance benchmarks comparison

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