Quadro NVS 280 AGP vs GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code nameGT218NV34 A1
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date12 July 2010 (14 years ago)25 May 2004 (20 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 cores16no data
Core clock speed520 MHz275 MHz
Number of transistors260 million45 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt13 Watt
Texture fill rate4.1601.100
Floating-point processing power0.03936 TFLOPSno data
ROPs44
TMUs84

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 2.0 x16AGP 8x
Length170 mm168 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR2DDR
Maximum RAM amount512 MB64 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz250 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s8 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 VGA, 1x S-Video1x DMS-59

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)9.0a
Shader Model4.1no data
OpenGL3.31.5 (2.1)
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.2-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 July 2010 25 May 2004
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 64 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 150 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 13 Watt

8400 GS Rev. 3 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 275% more advanced lithography process.

NVS 280 AGP, on the other hand, has 92.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 and Quadro NVS 280 AGP. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 is a desktop card while Quadro NVS 280 AGP is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 AGP
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