GeForce 8400M GS vs GTX 285

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking693not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.27no data
Power efficiency1.39no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGT200BG86
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date23 December 2008 (15 years ago)9 May 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$359 $14.99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores24016
Core clock speed648 MHz400 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 million210 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)204 Watt11 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate51.843.200
Floating-point processing power0.7085 TFLOPS0.0256 TFLOPS
ROPs324
TMUs808

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 x16MXM-I
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount1 GB256 MB
Memory bus width512 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1242 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth159.0 GB/s6.4 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsHDTVTwo Dual Link DVINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)128bitno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.04.0
OpenGL2.13.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+1.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



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.

GTX 285 1513
+1288%
8400M GS 109

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 December 2008 9 May 2007
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 55 nm 80 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 204 Watt 11 Watt

GTX 285 has an age advantage of 1 year, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 45.5% more advanced lithography process.

8400M GS, on the other hand, has 1754.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 285 and GeForce 8400M GS. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 285 is a desktop card while GeForce 8400M GS is a notebook one.


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