NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | G98 | G71 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Tesla | Curie |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 65 nm | 90 nm |
| Number of transistors | 210 million | 278 million |
| Die size | 86 mm² | 196 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | QDFX-1500-N-A2 |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Dec 4th, 2007 | Apr 20th, 2006 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 8 | Quadro FX |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCI | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 10 in our database | 26 in our database |
| Predecessor | GeForce 7 PCIe | — |
| Successor | GeForce 9 | — |
| Launch price | — | 699 USD |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 567 MHz | 325 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Shader clock | 1400 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 333 MHz 666 Mbps effective | 625 MHz 1250 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 256 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR2 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 5.328 GB/s | 40.00 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 8 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 4 | 16 |
| ROPs | 4 | 16 |
| SM count | 1 | — |
| Cache L2 | 16 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 16 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 6 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.268 GPixel/s | 5.200 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 2.268 GTexel/s | 5.200 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 22.40 GFLOPS | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 487.5 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 170 mm 6.7 inches | 173 mm 6.8 inches |
| TDP | 25 W | 65 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 250 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video | 2x DVI1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | None |
| Board number | P561 | P455 |
| Width | — | 111 mm 4.4 inches |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| CUDA | 1.1 | — |
| Shader model | 4.0 | 3.0 |
