NVIDIA GeForce 9400 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 9400 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

C79GPU NameG86
TeslaArchitectureTesla
65 nmProcess Size80 nm
314 millionTransistors210 million
144 mm²Die Size127 mm²

Graphics Card

Apr 17th, 2007Release DateMay 1st, 2007
GeForce 9 IGPFamilyGeForce 8M
(8000M)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 8 IGPPredecessorGeForce Go 7
PCIBus InterfaceMXM-II

Memory

System SharedMemory Size512 MB
System SharedMemory TypeDDR2
System SharedMemory Bus128 bit
System DependentBandwidth12.80 GB/s

Performance

1.800 GPixel/sPixel fillrate1.800 GPixel/s
3.600 GTexel/sTexture fillrate3.600 GTexel/s
35.20 GFLOPSFP32 (float) performance28.80 GFLOPS

Clock Speeds

System SharedMemory Clock400 MHz
800 Mbps effective
450 MHzGPU Clock450 MHz

Render Config

16Shading Units16
8TMUs8
4ROPs4
2SM Count1

Board Design

IGPSlot WidthMXM Module
40 WThermal design power (TDP)20 W
1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
Display ConnectorsNo outputs

API support

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