NVIDIA GeForce 8400 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 540
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | G98 | NV43 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Tesla | Curie |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 65 nm | 110 nm |
| Number of transistors | 210 million | 146 million |
| Die size | 86 mm² | 154 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | NV43 GL |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Dec 4th, 2007 | Aug 9th, 2004 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 8 | Quadro FX |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 10 in our database | 26 in our database |
| Predecessor | GeForce 7 PCIe | — |
| Successor | GeForce 9 | — |
| Launch price | — | 299 USD |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 540 MHz | 300 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Shader clock | 1300 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 500 MHz 1000 Mbps effective | 250 MHz 500 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 MB | 128 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR2 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 8.000 GB/s | 8.000 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 8 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 4 | 8 |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| SM count | 1 | — |
| Cache L2 | 16 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 8 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 4 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.160 GPixel/s | 2.400 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 2.160 GTexel/s | 2.400 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 20.80 GFLOPS | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 300.0 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 25 W | 25 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | None |
| Board number | P561 | P229 |
| Length | — | 198 mm 7.8 inches |
| Width | — | 111 mm 4.4 inches |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial) |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| CUDA | 1.1 | — |
| Shader model | 4.0 | 3.0 |
