Radeon R5 430 OEM vs GeForce 8400

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 8400 and Radeon R5 430 OEM, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GeForce 8400
2007
256 MB DDR2, 25 Watt
0.21

R5 430 OEM outperforms 8400 by a whopping 1176% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1384809
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.583.71
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameG98Oland
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date4 December 2007 (17 years ago)30 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$69.78 no data

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 cores8384
Core clock speed540 MHz730 MHz
Boost clock speedno data780 MHz
Number of transistors210 million950 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate4.32018.72
Floating-point processing power0.0208 TFLOPS0.599 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs824

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 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
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 typeDDR2GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount256 MB2 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz1150 MHz
Memory bandwidth8 GB/s36.8 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 DVI, 1x DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA1.1-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GeForce 8400 0.21
R5 430 OEM 2.68
+1176%

  • Passmark

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GeForce 8400 81
R5 430 OEM 1031
+1173%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.21 2.68
Recency 4 December 2007 30 June 2016
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 50 Watt

GeForce 8400 has 100% lower power consumption.

R5 430 OEM, on the other hand, has a 1176.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon R5 430 OEM is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8400 in performance tests.


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NVIDIA GeForce 8400
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