GeForce 8400 GS PCI Rev. 2 vs RTX 3080 Max-Q

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameGA104GT218
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)17 April 2007 (17 years ago)

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 cores614416
Core clock speed780 MHz520 MHz
Boost clock speed1245 MHzno data
Number of transistors17,400 million260 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt40 Watt
Texture fill rate239.04.160
Floating-point processing power15.3 TFLOPS0.03936 TFLOPS
ROPs964
TMUs1928
Tensor Cores192no data
Ray Tracing Cores48no 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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCI
Widthno data1-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 typeGDDR6DDR3
Maximum RAM amount8 GB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth384.0 GB/s8 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model6.54.1
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan1.2N/A
CUDA8.61.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 January 2021 17 April 2007
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 8 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 40 Watt

RTX 3080 Max-Q has an age advantage of 13 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

8400 GS PCI Rev. 2, on the other hand, has 100% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and GeForce 8400 GS PCI Rev. 2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q is a notebook card while GeForce 8400 GS PCI Rev. 2 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
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