Radeon HD 8400E vs GeForce GT 230

Place in performance ranking	1098	1126
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.01	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code name	G94B	Kalindi
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	12 October 2009 (14 years old)	23 April 2013 (11 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$43.99	no data
Current price	$123 (2.8x MSRP)	$293

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GT 230 and HD 8400E 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 cores	48	128
Core clock speed	650 MHz	600 MHz
Number of transistors	505 million	1,178 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	25 Watt
Texture fill rate	15.60	4.800
Floating-point performance	156 gflops	no data

Size and 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	PCIe 2.0 x16	IGP
Width	1-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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 type	GDDR3	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB/s	no data

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 Connectors

No outputs

API support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	4.0	6.3
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	1.1	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

GT 230 0.83
+16.9%

HD 8400E 0.71

GeForce GT 230 outperforms Radeon HD 8400E by 17% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GT 230 323
+17.5%

HD 8400E 275

GeForce GT 230 outperforms Radeon HD 8400E by 17% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

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

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	0.83	0.71
Recency	12 October 2009	23 April 2013
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	System Shared
Chip lithography	55 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	25 Watt