GeForce RTX 4050 vs 8400 GS PCI

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated122
Place by popularitynot in top-10041
Power efficiencyno data25.88
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGT218AD107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 April 2007 (17 years ago)2023 (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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores162560
Core clock speed520 MHz2505 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2640 MHz
Number of transistors260 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate4.160211.2
Floating-point processing power0.03936 TFLOPS13.52 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs880
Tensor Coresno data120
Ray Tracing Coresno data18

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).

InterfacePCIPCIe 4.0 x8
Length170 mmno data
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 12-pin

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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB6 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth8 GB/s216.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.16.7
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.28.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 6 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 100 Watt

8400 GS PCI has 150% lower power consumption.

RTX 4050, on the other hand, has a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8400 GS PCI and GeForce RTX 4050. We've got no test results to judge.


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