RTX 4000 Ada Generation vs GeForce 8400 GS PCI

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated22
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameGT218AD104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 April 2007 (17 years ago)9 August 2023 (less than a year ago)
Current price$132 no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores166144
Core clock speed520 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2175 MHz
Number of transistors260 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt130 Watt
Texture fill rate4.160417.6
Floating-point performance39.36 gflopsno 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).

InterfacePCIPCIe 4.0 x16
Length170 mm245 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 16-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 MB20 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth8 GB/s280.0 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 VGA4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics 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


Recency 17 April 2007 9 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 20 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 130 Watt

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