ATI 3D Rage LT PRO AGP vs GeForce 8400M GS
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1429 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.75 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | no data |
| GPU code name | G86 | Rage LT |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 9 May 2007 (18 years ago) | 1 November 1997 (28 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $14.99 | 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 cores | 16 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 400 MHz | 75 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 210 million | 8 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 350 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 11 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 3.200 | 0.08 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.0256 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 1 |
| TMUs | 8 | 1 |
| 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 | MXM-I | AGP 2x |
| Width | no data | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | SDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 8 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 400 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 6.4 GB/s | 800 MB/s |
| 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 | No outputs | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 6.0 |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | None |
| Vulkan | N/A | - |
| CUDA | 1.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 9 May 2007 | 1 November 1997 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 8 MB |
| Chip lithography | 80 nm | 350 nm |
8400M GS has an age advantage of 9 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 338% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 8400M GS and 3D Rage LT PRO AGP. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 8400M GS is a notebook graphics card while 3D Rage LT PRO AGP is a desktop one.
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