NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
VS
ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
VS
ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS  vs  ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT.

1089
Place in performance rating
781
2.38
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Tesla
Architecture
TeraScale
G86
Code name
R600
Desktop
Type
Desktop
17 April 2007 (14 years ago)
Release date
14 May 2007 (14 years ago)
$29.99
Launch price (MSRP)
$399
$78 (2.6x MSRP)
Price now
no data
0.05
Value for money
no data
G86
GPU code name
R600
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS  vs  ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

16
Pipelines
320
459 MHz
Core clock speed
743 MHz
210 million
Transistor count
720 million
80 nm
Manufacturing process technology
80 nm
40 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
215 Watt
3.6 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
11.89
29.376 gflops
Floating-point performance
475.5 gflops
16
Pipelines / CUDA cores
320
210 million
Number of transistors
720 million
40 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
215 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS and ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 1.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
170 mm
Length
241 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
+
SLI options
no data

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT.

DDR2
Memory type
GDDR3
256 MB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
512 Bit
800 MHz
Memory clock speed
1656 MHz
6.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
106.0 GB/s
256 MB
Standard memory config per GPU
no data

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT.

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS and ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
10.0 (10_0)
2.1
OpenGL
3.3

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS and ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS or ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS

Less power consumption (40 Watt vs 215 Watt)

Advantages of ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT

2.51% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (320 vs 16)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 256 MB)

More memory bandwidth (106.0 GB/s vs 6.4 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS or ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT .

NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS versus ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

Passmark

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User rating

3.0 Out of 27 Hitesti Score
2.7 Out of 3 Hitesti Score