GeForce 8400 SE vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire with GeForce 8400 SE, including specs and performance data.
Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire outperforms 8400 SE by a whopping 2831% 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 | 691 | 1480 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.00 | 0.25 |
| Architecture | Terascale 2 (2009−2015) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | Broadway-XT | G86S |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 7 January 2010 (16 years ago) | 1 August 2008 (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 cores | 1600 | 16 |
| Core clock speed | 700 MHz | 459 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 210 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 80 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 3.672 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.02938 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 4 |
| TMUs | no data | 8 |
| L2 Cache | no data | 16 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).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 168 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 | DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 | DDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2x1 GB | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 6.4 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
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 Connectors | no data | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11 | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | no data | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | - | 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:
| 900p | 53
+5200%
| 1−2
−5200%
|
| Full HD | 54
+5300%
| 1−2
−5300%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Counter-Strike 2 | 21−24 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−11 | 0−1 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 10−11 | 0−1 |
Full HD
Medium
| Battlefield 5 | 18−20 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 21−24 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−11 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 14−16 | 0−1 |
| Fortnite | 27−30 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 21−24 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 12−14 | 0−1 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 10−11 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 18−20 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 60−65
+2900%
|
2−3
−2900%
|
Full HD
High
| Battlefield 5 | 18−20 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 21−24 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 80−85
+4000%
|
2−3
−4000%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−11 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 40−45
+4000%
|
1−2
−4000%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 14−16 | 0−1 |
| Fortnite | 27−30 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 21−24 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 12−14 | 0−1 |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16 | 0−1 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 10−11 | 0−1 |
| Metro Exodus | 9−10 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 18−20 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 12−14 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 60−65
+2900%
|
2−3
−2900%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 18−20 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−11 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 40−45
+4000%
|
1−2
−4000%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 14−16 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 21−24 | 0−1 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 10−11 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 18−20 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 12−14 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 60−65
+2900%
|
2−3
−2900%
|
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 27−30 | 0−1 |
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 9−10 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 35−40
+3500%
|
1−2
−3500%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Metro Exodus | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 35−40
+3400%
|
1−2
−3400%
|
| Valorant | 50−55
+5000%
|
1−2
−5000%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 4−5 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 9−10 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 10−12 | 0−1 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 7−8 | 0−1 |
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 9−10 | 0−1 |
4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 16−18 | 0−1 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 21−24 | 0−1 |
4K
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 16−18 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 4−5 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 6−7 | 0−1 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 5−6 | 0−1 |
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 5−6 | 0−1 |
This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire and 8400 SE compete in popular games:
- ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is 5200% faster in 900p
- ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is 5300% faster in 1080p
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 4.69 | 0.16 |
| Recency | 7 January 2010 | 1 August 2008 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 80 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 50 Watt |
ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire has a 2831.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
8400 SE, on the other hand, has 140% lower power consumption.
The Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8400 SE in performance tests.
Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is a notebook graphics card while GeForce 8400 SE is a desktop one.
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