GeForce 8400 GS PCI Rev. 2 vs Radeon RX Vega 9
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 654 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 25.60 | no data |
| Architecture | Vega (2017−2020) | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) |
| GPU code name | Vega Raven Ridge | GT218 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 26 October 2017 (7 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 | 576 | 16 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 520 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1300 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 260 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 40 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 4.160 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.03936 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 4 |
| TMUs | no data | 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 | no data | PCI |
| 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 | no data | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 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 data | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12_1 | 11.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | no data | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 1.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 26 October 2017 | 17 April 2007 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 40 Watt |
RX Vega 9 has an age advantage of 10 years, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 166.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 9 and GeForce 8400 GS PCI Rev. 2. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 9 is a notebook graphics card while GeForce 8400 GS PCI Rev. 2 is a desktop one.
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