GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2 vs 9300 GS

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1420not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameG98G98
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 June 2008 (17 years ago)4 December 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$59.95 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 cores88
Core clock speed567 MHz567 MHz
Number of transistors210 million210 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data25 Watt
Texture fill rate4.5364.536
Floating-point processing power0.0224 TFLOPS0.0224 TFLOPS
ROPs44
TMUs88
L2 Cache16 KB16 KB

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 2.0 x16
Lengthno data170 mm
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 typeDDR2DDR2
Maximum RAM amount512 MB512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed333 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth5.328 GB/s6.4 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.04.0
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.11.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2008 4 December 2007

9300 GS has an age advantage of 5 months.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 9300 GS and GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2. We've got no test results to judge.

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