NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

2061
Place in performance rating
990
0.52
Value for money (0-100)
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Tesla 2.0
Architecture
Curie
GT218
Code name
G71
Desktop
Type
Desktop
12 July 2010
Release date
9 March 2006 (15 years ago)
$52
Price now
$205
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Value for money
0.01
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GPU code name
G71
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Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

16
Pipelines
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520 MHz
Core clock speed
450 MHz
260 million
Transistor count
278 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
90 nm
25 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
48 Watt
4.160
Texture fill rate
10.80
39.36 gflops
Floating-point performance
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Number of transistors
278 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
48 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
170 mm
Length
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None
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin

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 NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT can be seen in this section.

DDR2
Memory type
GDDR3
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
800 MHz
Memory clock speed
1320 MHz
6.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
42.24 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_1)
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
3.3
OpenGL
2.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT 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 NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 or NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
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 NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3

Cheaper ($52 vs $205)

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 90 nm)

Less power consumption (25 Watt vs 48 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 256 MB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT

1.08% faster in synthetic tests

More memory bandwidth (42.24 GB/s vs 6.4 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 or NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT .

NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 versus NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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