GeForce 8400 SE vs GMA 500
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1495 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 0.25 |
| Architecture | PowerVR SGX535 (2008−2010) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | Poulsbo | G86S |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 2 March 2008 (18 years ago) | 1 August 2008 (18 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 32 | 16 |
| Core clock speed | 200 MHz | 459 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 210 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 80 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 0.8 | 3.672 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.0128 TFLOPS | 0.02938 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 1 | 4 |
| TMUs | 4 | 8 |
| L2 Cache | no data | 16 KB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 168 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | System Shared | DDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 400 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 6.4 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | no data |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | ES 2.0 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 1.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 2 March 2008 | 1 August 2008 |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 80 nm |
8400 SE has an age advantage of 4 months, and a 63% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GMA 500 and GeForce 8400 SE. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GMA 500 is a notebook graphics card while GeForce 8400 SE is a desktop one.
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