GeForce 9200M vs 8400 GS Rev. 2
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1348 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 2.19 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | G98 | C79 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 4 December 2007 (17 years ago) | 15 October 2008 (17 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 8 | 16 |
| Core clock speed | 567 MHz | 450 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 210 million | 314 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 12 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.536 | 3.600 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.0224 TFLOPS | 0.0384 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| TMUs | 8 | 8 |
| L2 Cache | 16 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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 170 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | DDR2 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 400 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 6.4 GB/s | no data |
| 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 | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 1.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 4 December 2007 | 15 October 2008 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 12 Watt |
GeForce 9200M has an age advantage of 10 months, and 108.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2 and GeForce 9200M. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2 is a desktop graphics card while GeForce 9200M is a notebook one.
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