AMD Radeon HD 7400G vs NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT SLI

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking11061128
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.010.01
ArchitectureG8x (2007−2008)Terascale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code nameNB8E-SETrinity
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date18 September 2007 (16 years old)1 September 2012 (11 years old)
Current price$545 $338
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

8700M GT SLI and HD 7400G have a nearly equal value for money.

Technical specs

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 cores64192
Core clock speed625 MHz327 MHz
Boost clock speedno data423 MHz
Number of transistors578 Million1,303 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)58 Watt17 Watt
Texture fill rateno data5.088

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce 8700M GT SLI and Radeon HD 7400G compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizelargemedium sized
Interfaceno dataIGP

Memory

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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed800 MHzSystem Shared
Shared memory-+

Video outputs and ports

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 dataNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX1011.2 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.0
OpenGLno data4.4
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkanno dataN/A

Gaming performance

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

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
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3−4
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Full HD
Medium Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Metro Exodus 1−2 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Hitman 3 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Hitman 3 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the 8700M GT SLI is 33.3% faster than the HD 7400G.

All in all, in popular games:

  • 8700M GT SLI is ahead in 2 tests (8%)
  • there's a draw in 23 tests (92%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 0.78 0.69
Recency 18 September 2007 1 September 2012
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB System Shared
Pipelines / CUDA cores 64 192
Chip lithography 80 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 58 Watt 17 Watt

The GeForce 8700M GT SLI is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 7400G in performance tests.


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