GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile vs 8400 GS Rev. 2

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameG98GB206
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date4 December 2007 (17 years ago)2025

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 cores84608
Core clock speed567 MHz2235 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2520 MHz
Number of transistors210 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology65 nm0 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt115 Watt
Texture fill rate4.536362.9
Floating-point processing power0.0224 TFLOPS23.22 TFLOPS
ROPs448
TMUs8144
Tensor Coresno data144
Ray Tracing Coresno data36

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Length170 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDR2GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount512 MB8 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s507.2 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.8
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.110.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 115 Watt

8400 GS Rev. 2 has 360% lower power consumption.

RTX 5070 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2 and GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2
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