GeForce 8400 GS PCI Rev. 2 vs Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 207 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 29.11 | no data |
| Architecture | Turing (2018−2022) | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) |
| GPU code name | TU104 | GT218 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 27 May 2019 (6 years ago) | 17 April 2007 (18 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 | 3072 | 16 |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 520 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1350 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 13,600 million | 260 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 40 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 259.2 | 4.160 |
| Floating-point processing power | 8.294 TFLOPS | 0.03936 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 4 |
| TMUs | 192 | 8 |
| Tensor Cores | 384 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 48 | no data |
| L1 Cache | 3 MB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 4 MB | 32 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 | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCI |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | GDDR6 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 448.0 GB/s | 8 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 outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
| HDMI | - | + |
| G-SYNC support | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| VR Ready | + | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_1) | 11.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
| CUDA | 7.5 | 1.2 |
| DLSS | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 27 May 2019 | 17 April 2007 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 40 Watt |
RTX 5000 Max-Q has an age advantage of 12 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.
8400 GS PCI Rev. 2, on the other hand, has 100% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q and GeForce 8400 GS PCI Rev. 2. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation graphics card while GeForce 8400 GS PCI Rev. 2 is a desktop one.
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