GeForce 8400 GS vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 4550 with GeForce 8400 GS, including specs and performance data.
8400 GS outperforms ATI Mobility HD 4550 by a moderate 16% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1312 | 1277 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 0.69 |
| Architecture | Terascale 1 (2010) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | M92 | G86 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 January 2010 (15 years ago) | 17 April 2007 (17 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $29.99 |
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 | 80 | 16 |
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz | 459 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 242 million | 210 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 80 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 40 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.400 | 3.672 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.088 TFLOPS | 0.02938 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| TMUs | 8 | 8 |
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-II | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 170 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
| SLI options | - | + |
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 | GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3 | DDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 256 MB |
| Standard memory config per GPU | no data | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 11.2 GB/s | 6.4 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 Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 1.1 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 10
+0%
| 10−12
+0%
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Cost per frame, $
| 1080p | no data | 3.00 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 4−5
+0%
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4−5
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−14.3%
|
8−9
+14.3%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−15.4%
|
30−33
+15.4%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 14−16
−14.3%
|
16−18
+14.3%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 10−11
+0%
|
10−11
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−14.3%
|
8−9
+14.3%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−15.4%
|
30−33
+15.4%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 10−11
+0%
|
10−11
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−14.3%
|
8−9
+14.3%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−15.4%
|
30−33
+15.4%
|
1440p
High Preset
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 0−1 | 0−1 |
4K
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−6.7%
|
16−18
+6.7%
|
| Valorant | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
This is how ATI Mobility HD 4550 and 8400 GS compete in popular games:
- A tie in 1080p
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.32 | 0.37 |
| Recency | 1 January 2010 | 17 April 2007 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 80 nm |
ATI Mobility HD 4550 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 45.5% more advanced lithography process.
8400 GS, on the other hand, has a 15.6% higher aggregate performance score.
The GeForce 8400 GS is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 4550 in performance tests.
Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 4550 is a notebook card while GeForce 8400 GS is a desktop one.
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