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GeForce 8400 GS 512MB vs GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Intro

The GeForce 8400 GS 512MB features core speeds of 650 MHz on the GPU, and 400 MHz on the 512 MB of DDR2 RAM. It features 16 SPUs as well as 8 TAUs and 4 ROPs.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, which features a core clock speed of 1506 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 2000 MHz. It also makes use of a 192-bit memory bus, and uses a 16 nm design. It is made up of 1152 SPUs, 72 Texture Address Units, and 48 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8400 GS 512MB 40 Watts
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 120 Watts
Difference: 80 Watts (200%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB should be a lot faster than the GeForce 8400 GS 512MB overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 196608 MB/sec
GeForce 8400 GS 512MB 6400 MB/sec
Difference: 190208 (2972%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is quite a bit (about 1985%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 8400 GS 512MB. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 108432 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8400 GS 512MB 5200 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 103232 (1985%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1060 3GB is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 72288 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8400 GS 512MB 2600 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 69688 (2680%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 8400 GS 512MB GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year June 2007 August 2016
Code Name G86 GP106-300
Memory 512 MB 3072 MB
Core Speed 650 MHz 1506 MHz
Memory Speed 800 MHz 8000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 40 watts 120 watts
Bandwidth 6400 MB/sec 196608 MB/sec
Texel Rate 5200 Mtexels/sec 108432 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 2600 Mpixels/sec 72288 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 16 1152
Texture Mapping Units 8 72
Render Output Units 4 48
Bus Type DDR2 GDDR5
Bus Width 64-bit 192-bit
Fab Process 80 nm 16 nm
Transistors 210 million 4400 million
Bus PCIe x16, PCI PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 12.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 4.5

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.

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GeForce 8400 GS 512MB

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