GeForce 9800S vs 8400 GS Rev. 3

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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 2.0 (2007−2013)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGT218G94
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date12 July 2010 (14 years ago)15 July 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 cores1664
Core clock speed520 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors260 million505 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate4.16019.20
Floating-point processing power0.03936 TFLOPS0.192 TFLOPS
ROPs416
TMUs832

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 2.0 x16
Length170 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data
SLI options-+

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 typeDDR2GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s51.2 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-VideoVGAHDMISingle Link DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataS/PDIF + HDA

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.14.0
OpenGL3.32.1
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.2+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 July 2010 15 July 2008
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 75 Watt

8400 GS Rev. 3 has an age advantage of 1 year, a 62.5% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

GeForce 9800S, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 and GeForce 9800S. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 is a desktop card while GeForce 9800S is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
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