NVIDIA GeForce 9400M G vs NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 9400M G and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

C79GPU NameG86
MCP79MXT-B3Model numberG86-300-A2
TeslaArchitectureTesla
65 nmProcess Size80 nm
314 millionTransistors210 million
144 mm²Die Size127 mm²

Graphics Card

Oct 15th, 2008Release DateApr 17th, 2007
GeForce 9M IGP
(9000M)
FamilyGeForce 8
(8500)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 8M IGPPredecessorGeForce 7 PCIe
PCIe 2.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

System SharedMemory Size256 MB
System SharedMemory TypeGDDR3
System SharedMemory Bus128 bit
System DependentBandwidth12.80 GB/s

Performance

1.800 GPixel/sPixel fillrate1.836 GPixel/s
3.600 GTexel/sTexture fillrate3.672 GTexel/s
35.20 GFLOPSFP32 (float) performance29.38 GFLOPS

Clock Speeds

System SharedMemory Clock400 MHz
800 Mbps effective
450 MHzGPU Clock459 MHz

Render Config

16Shading Units16
8TMUs8
4ROPs4
2SM Count2

Board Design

IGPSlot WidthSingle-slot
12 WThermal design power (TDP)30 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video

API support

11.1 (10_0)DirectX11.1 (10_0)
3.3OpenGL3.3
N/AOpenCL1.1
N/AVulkanN/A
4.0Shader Model4.0