Quadro FX 4400G vs Radeon HD 8400E
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1228 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.00 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) | Curie (2003−2013) |
| GPU code name | Kalindi | NV45 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 23 April 2013 (12 years ago) | 28 July 2005 (20 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $2,999 |
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 | 128 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 375 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | 222 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 83 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.800 | 4.500 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.1536 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 12 |
| TMUs | 8 | 12 |
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 | IGP | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin |
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 | System Shared | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 525 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 33.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
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 | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 April 2013 | 28 July 2005 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 83 Watt |
HD 8400E has an age advantage of 7 years, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 232% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8400E and Quadro FX 4400G. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 8400E is a notebook graphics card while Quadro FX 4400G is a workstation one.
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