NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M Mac Edition
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | G86 | G96C |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | G86-213-A2 | — |
| Architecture | Tesla | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 80 nm | 55 nm |
| Number of transistors | 210 million | 314 million |
| Die size | 127 mm² | 121 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Apr 17th, 2007 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 8 | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | — |
| Reviews | 10 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | GeForce 7 PCIe | — |
| Successor | GeForce 9 | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 459 MHz | 500 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Shader clock | 918 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory clock | 400 MHz 800 Mbps effective | 792 MHz 1584 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 MB | 256 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR2 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 6.400 GB/s | 25.34 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 16 | 32 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 16 |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| SM count | 2 | 4 |
| Cache L2 | 16 KB | 32 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 1.836 GPixel/s | 4.000 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 3.672 GTexel/s | 8.000 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 29.38 GFLOPS | 80.00 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | — |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 170 mm 6.7 inches | — |
| TDP | 40 W | 14 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | — |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video | No outputs |
| Power connectors | None | — |
| Board number | P403, P413 | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| CUDA | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Shader model | 4.0 | 4.0 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Dec 12th, 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 100M |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | — | 2 in our database |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 9M |
| Successor | — | GeForce 200M |
