ATI Radeon 9700 PRO vs GeForce 8400 GS

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 8400 GS and Radeon 9700 PRO, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

8400 GS
2007
256 MB DDR2, 40 Watt
0.40
+186%

8400 GS outperforms ATI 9700 PRO by a whopping 186% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking12561427
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.69no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Rage 8 (2002−2007)
GPU code nameG86R300
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 April 2007 (17 years ago)1 July 2002 (22 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$29.99 no data

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 cores16no data
Core clock speed459 MHz325 MHz
Number of transistors210 million110 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Wattno data
Texture fill rate3.6722.600
Floating-point processing power0.02938 TFLOPSno data
ROPs48
TMUs88

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 1.0 x16AGP 8x
Length170 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneFloppy
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 typeDDR2DDR
Maximum RAM amount256 MB128 MB
Standard memory config per GPU256 MBno data
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz310 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s19.84 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 DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)9.0 (9_0)
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL2.12.0
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

8400 GS 0.40
+186%
ATI 9700 PRO 0.14

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.

8400 GS 154
+191%
ATI 9700 PRO 53

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 0.40 0.14
Recency 17 April 2007 1 July 2002
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 128 MB
Chip lithography 80 nm 150 nm

8400 GS has a 185.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 87.5% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce 8400 GS is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 9700 PRO in performance tests.


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