GeForce 8400 SE vs Radeon HD 7570
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon HD 7570 and GeForce 8400 SE, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
HD 7570 outperforms 8400 SE by a whopping 781% 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 | 1004 | 1452 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.84 | 0.25 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | Turks | G86S |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 5 January 2012 (13 years ago) | 1 August 2008 (16 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 | 480 | 16 |
| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | 459 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 716 million | 210 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 80 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 60 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 15.60 | 3.672 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.624 TFLOPS | 0.02938 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 4 |
| TMUs | 24 | 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 | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 168 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 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 | DDR3, GDDR5 | DDR2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 64 GB/s | 6.4 GB/s |
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 | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 1.1 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.41 | 0.16 |
| Recency | 5 January 2012 | 1 August 2008 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 80 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 60 Watt | 50 Watt |
HD 7570 has a 781.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
8400 SE, on the other hand, has 20% lower power consumption.
The Radeon HD 7570 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8400 SE in performance tests.
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