GeForce G100 OEM vs GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3

GeForce G100 OEM
Memory: 256Mb DDR2DESKTOP
Release date: 10 Mar 2009
GeForce G100 OEM
GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
Memory: 512Mb DDR2DESKTOP
Release date: 12 Jul 2010
GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3

Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce G100 OEM

Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 8400 GS Rev. 3

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3

HWBench recommends GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce G100 OEMGeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
GPU NameG98 (G98-700-U2)vsGT218 (8400GS-225-B1)
Fab Process65 nmvs40 nm
Die Size86 mm²vs57 mm²
Transistors210 millionvs260 million
Shaders8vs16
Compute Units1vs2
Core clock540 MHzvs520 MHz
ROPs4vs4
TMUs8vs8

Memory Configuration

GeForce G100 OEMGeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
Memory TypeDDR2vsDDR2
Bus Width64 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed400 MHz
800 MHz effective
vs400 MHz
800 MHz effective
Memory Size256 Mbvs512 Mb

Additional details

GeForce G100 OEMGeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
TDP35 wattsvs25 watts
Release Date10 Mar 2009vs12 Jul 2010

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce G100 OEM
    2.16 GP/s
  • GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
    2.08 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce G100 OEM
    4.32 GT/s
  • GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
    4.16 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce G100 OEM
    6.40 GB/s
  • GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
    6.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce G100 OEM
    20.80 GFLOPs
  • GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3
    39.36 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better