GeForce 8400 GS vs ATI FireGL V5600

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1256
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.69
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameRV630G86
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date28 June 2007 (17 years ago)17 April 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 $29.99

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores12016
Core clock speed800 MHz459 MHz
Number of transistors390 million210 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)89 Watt40 Watt
Texture fill rate6.4003.672
Floating-point processing power0.192 TFLOPS0.02938 TFLOPS
ROPs44
TMUs88

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Lengthno data170 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
SLI options-+

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 typeGDDR4DDR2
Maximum RAM amount512 MB256 MB
Standard memory config per GPUno data256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1100 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth35.2 GB/s6.4 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.0 (10_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.04.0
OpenGL3.32.1
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-1.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 June 2007 17 April 2007
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB
Chip lithography 65 nm 80 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 89 Watt 40 Watt

ATI FireGL V5600 has an age advantage of 2 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 23.1% more advanced lithography process.

8400 GS, on the other hand, has 122.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FireGL V5600 and GeForce 8400 GS. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FireGL V5600 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 8400 GS is a desktop one.


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