FireMV 2250 PCIe x1 vs GeForce 8400 GS

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Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ultra-Threaded SE
GPU code nameG86RV516
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 April 2007 (17 years ago)2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$29.99 no data
Current price$125 (4.2x MSRP)$100

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 cores16no data
Core clock speed459 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors210 million105 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt32 Watt
Texture fill rate3.6 billion/sec2.400
Floating-point performance29.376 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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x1
Length170 mm170 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
SLI options+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 typeDDR2DDR2
Maximum RAM amount256 MB256 MB
Standard memory config per GPU256 MBno data
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz800 MBps
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s12.8 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 S-Video, 1x DMS-59

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model4.03.0
OpenGL2.12.1
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1no data

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 80 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 32 Watt

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