Apple M4 Max 40-Core GPU vs GeForce 8400M GT

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	1451	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.33	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	no data
GPU code name	G86	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	9 May 2007 (19 years ago)	30 October 2024 (1 year 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	16	40
Core clock speed	450 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	210 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	14 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	3.600	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.0288 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	4	no data
TMUs	8	no data
L2 Cache	32 KB	no data

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).

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	no data

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	GDDR3	LPDDR5x-8533
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	8533 MHz
Memory bandwidth	19.2 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

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

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API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	no data
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	3.3	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-
CUDA	1.1	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	9 May 2007	30 October 2024
Chip lithography	80 nm	3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	14 Watt	45 Watt