GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 vs 8400M G

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1421not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.03no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameG86AD104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date9 May 2007 (17 years ago)20 August 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$599

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 cores85888
Core clock speed400 MHz1920 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2475 MHz
Number of transistors210 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate3.200455.4
Floating-point processing power0.0128 TFLOPS29.15 TFLOPS
ROPs464
TMUs8184
Tensor Coresno data184
Ray Tracing Coresno data46

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 4.0 x16
Lengthno data240 mm
Widthno data2-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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB12 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s480.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.8
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.18.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 May 2007 20 August 2024
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 200 Watt

8400M G has 1900% lower power consumption.

RTX 4070 GDDR6, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 17 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1500% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8400M G and GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8400M G is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 is a desktop one.


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