Radeon HD 8400 Mobile IGP vs ATI X1950 PRO
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | R500 (2005−2007) | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) |
| GPU code name | RV570 | Kalindi |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 October 2006 (18 years ago) | 23 November 2013 (10 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 | no data | 128 |
| Core clock speed | 575 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 330 million | 1,178 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 66 Watt | 25 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 6.900 | 4.800 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.1536 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 12 | 4 |
| TMUs | 12 | 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 | PCIe 1.0 x16 | IGP |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | no data |
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 | GDDR3 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 690 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 44.16 GB/s | no data |
| 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 Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 6.3 |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2006 | 23 November 2013 |
| Chip lithography | 80 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 66 Watt | 25 Watt |
HD 8400 Mobile IGP has an age advantage of 7 years, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 164% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon X1950 PRO and Radeon HD 8400 Mobile IGP. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon X1950 PRO is a desktop card while Radeon HD 8400 Mobile IGP is a notebook one.
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