GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 vs GeForce GT 730
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
| PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor |
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 730 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GT 730
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 | | GeForce GT 730 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GT218 (8400GS-225-B1) | vs | GF108 (GF108-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 57 mm² | vs | 116 mm² |
| Transistors | 260 million | vs | 585 million |
| Shaders | 16 | vs | 96 |
| Compute Units | 2 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 520 MHz | vs | 700 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 8 | vs | 16 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 | | GeForce GT 730 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR2 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 400 MHz
800 MHz effective | vs | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 | | GeForce GT 730 | |
|---|
| TDP | 25 watts | vs | 49 watts |
| Release Date | 12 Jul 2010 | vs | 18 Jun 2014 |
GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
2.08 GP/s
GeForce GT 730
2.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
4.16 GT/s
GeForce GT 730
11.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
6.40 GB/s
GeForce GT 730
28.80 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
39.36 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 730
268.80 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better