NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G vs NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5950
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | G86 | NV38 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | NB8M-SE | — |
| Architecture | Tesla | Rankine |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 80 nm | 130 nm |
| Number of transistors | 210 million | 135 million |
| Die size | 127 mm² | 207 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | May 9th, 2007 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 8M (8000M) | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | — |
| Predecessor | GeForce Go 7 | — |
| Successor | GeForce 9M | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 400 MHz | 475 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Shader clock | 800 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 400 MHz 800 Mbps effective | 425 MHz 850 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 MB | 256 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 6.400 GB/s | 27.20 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 8 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 8 |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| SM count | 1 | — |
| Cache L2 | 16 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 4 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 3 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 1.600 GPixel/s | 1.900 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 3.200 GTexel/s | 3.800 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 12.80 GFLOPS | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 356.3 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | IGP | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 10 W | 57 W |
| Outputs | No outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | None |
| Suggested PSU | — | 250 W |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 9.0a |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| CUDA | 1.1 | — |
| Shader model | 4.0 | — |
| Pixel shader | — | 2.0a |
| Vertex shader | — | 2.0a |
Other Features
Graphics Card
| Release date | — | Feb 17th, 2004 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce PCX |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Reviews | — | 1 in our database |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 4 Ti |
| Successor | — | GeForce 6 PCIe |
