NVIDIA started GeForce 8400M G sales 9 May 2007. This is a Tesla architecture notebook card based on 80 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 256 MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 0.4 GHz are supplied, and together with 64 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 6.4 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via PCIe 1.0 x16 interface. Power consumption is at 10 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce 8400M G: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	1421
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.03	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	G86
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	9 May 2007 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

GeForce 8400M G's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce 8400M G's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	8	of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed	400 MHz	of 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Number of transistors	210 million	of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	3.200	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power	0.0128 TFLOPS	of 109.7 (GeForce RTX 5090)
ROPs	4	of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs	8	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce 8400M G and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce 8400M G: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	64 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce 8400M G. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce 8400M G, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	4.0
OpenGL	3.3	of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCL	1.1
Vulkan	N/A
CUDA	1.1

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce 8400M G. 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.

8400M G 0.15

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.

8400M G 58

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce 8400M G is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3
Hitman 3	4−5
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3
Hitman 3	4−5
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3
Hitman 3	4−5
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

Closest competitors

GeForce 8400M G's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook graphics cards.

GeForce G 105M 106.67

GeForce G 103M 106.67

GeForce 8200M G 100

GeForce 8400M G 100

GeForce Go 7300 86.67

GeForce FX Go5700 86.67

Radeon E2400 86.67

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce 8400M G is Radeon E2400, which is slower by 13% and lower by 11 positions in our ranking.

RadeonE2400

Compare
8400M G with ATI E2400

Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce 8400M G:

Radeon HD 7290 193.33

Radeon HD 4270 186.67

Mobility Radeon HD 3470 160

GeForce 8400M G 100

Radeon E2400 86.67

Radeon Xpress 1250 73.33

Radeon Xpress 1150 53.33