NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | G86 | GA102 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | G86-213-A2 | GA102-300-A1 |
| Architecture | Tesla | Ampere |
| Foundry | TSMC | Samsung |
| Manufacturing process | 80 nm | 8 nm |
| Number of transistors | 210 million | 28,300 million |
| Die size | 127 mm² | 628 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Apr 17th, 2007 | Sep 1st, 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 8 | GeForce 30 |
| Production | End-of-life | Active |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 10 in our database | 56 in our database |
| Predecessor | GeForce 7 PCIe | GeForce 20 |
| Successor | GeForce 9 | — |
| Launch price | — | 1,499 USD |
| gpu.details.availability | — | Sep 24th, 2020 |
| Current price | — | Amazon / Newegg |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 459 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Shader clock | 918 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 400 MHz 800 Mbps effective | 1219 MHz 19.5 Gbps effective |
| Base clock | — | 1395 MHz |
| Boost clock | — | 1695 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 MB | 24 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR2 | GDDR6X |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 384 bit |
| Bandwidth | 6.400 GB/s | 936.2 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 16 | 10496 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 328 |
| ROPs | 4 | 112 |
| SM count | 2 | 82 |
| Cache L2 | 16 KB | 6 MB |
| Tensor cores | — | 328 |
| RT cores | — | 82 |
| Cache L1 | — | 128 KB (per SM) |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 1.836 GPixel/s | 189.8 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 3.672 GTexel/s | 556.0 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 29.38 GFLOPS | 35.58 TFLOPS |
| FP16 (half) performance | — | 35.58 TFLOPS (1:1) |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 556.0 GFLOPS (1:64) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Triple-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 170 mm 6.7 inches | 336 mm 13.2 inches |
| TDP | 40 W | 350 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 750 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video | 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort |
| Power connectors | None | 1x 12-pin |
| Board number | P403, P413 | PG132 SKU 10 |
| Width | — | 140 mm 5.5 inches |
| Height | — | 61 mm 2.4 inches |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | — | 1.2 |
| CUDA | 1.1 | 8.6 |
| Shader model | 4.0 | 6.6 |
