GeForce 8400 SE vs Radeon HD 8310E

Place in the ranking	1129	1405
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.41	0.25
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	Kalindi	G86S
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	23 April 2013 (11 years ago)	1 August 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 cores	128	16
Core clock speed	300 MHz	459 MHz
Number of transistors	1,178 million	210 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	2.400	3.672
Floating-point processing power	0.0768 TFLOPS	0.02938 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	4
TMUs	8	8

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).

Interface	IGP	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	no data	168 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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 type	System Shared	DDR2
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	128 MB
Memory bus width	System Shared	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	6.4 GB/s
Shared memory	+	no data

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 Connectors

No outputs

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	6.3	4.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	2.0	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	-	1.1

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.

HD 8310E 0.88
+389%

8400 SE 0.18

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.

HD 8310E 340
+400%

8400 SE 68

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	0.88	0.18
Recency	23 April 2013	1 August 2008
Chip lithography	28 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	50 Watt

HD 8310E has a 388.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

The Radeon HD 8310E is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8400 SE in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8310E is a notebook card while GeForce 8400 SE is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.