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GeForce 8400 GS 512MB vs Radeon HD 4350
Intro
The GeForce 8400 GS 512MB has clock speeds of 650 MHz on the GPU, and 400 MHz on the 512 MB of DDR2 memory. It features 16 SPUs along with 8 Texture Address Units and 4 ROPs.Compare that to the Radeon HD 4350, which features a core clock speed of 575 MHz and a DDR2 memory speed of 500 MHz. It also features a 64-bit bus, and uses a 55 nm design. It is comprised of 80(16x5) SPUs, 8 Texture Address Units, and 4 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| Radeon HD 4350 |
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22 Watts |
| GeForce 8400 GS 512MB |
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40 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
As far as performance goes, the Radeon HD 4350 should theoretically be a lot superior to the GeForce 8400 GS 512MB in general. (explain)
| Radeon HD 4350 |
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8000 MB/sec |
| GeForce 8400 GS 512MB |
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6400 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce 8400 GS 512MB should be a bit (approximately 13%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 4350. (explain)| GeForce 8400 GS 512MB |
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5200 Mtexels/sec |
| Radeon HD 4350 |
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4600 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce 8400 GS 512MB is a better choice, but not by far. (explain)| GeForce 8400 GS 512MB |
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2600 Mpixels/sec |
| Radeon HD 4350 |
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2300 Mpixels/sec |
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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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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
Specifications
| Model | GeForce 8400 GS 512MB | Radeon HD 4350 |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | June 2007 | Sep 30, 2008 |
| Code Name | G86 | RV710 |
| Memory | 512 MB | 512 MB |
| Core Speed | 650 MHz | 575 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 40 watts | 22 watts |
| Bandwidth | 6400 MB/sec | 8000 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 5200 Mtexels/sec | 4600 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 2600 Mpixels/sec | 2300 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 16 | 80(16x5) |
| Texture Mapping Units | 8 | 8 |
| Render Output Units | 4 | 4 |
| Bus Type | DDR2 | DDR2 |
| Bus Width | 64-bit | 64-bit |
| Fab Process | 80 nm | 55 nm |
| Transistors | 210 million | 242 million |
| Bus | PCIe x16, PCI | PCIe 2.0 x16, PCI |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 10 | DirectX 10.1 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 3.0 | OpenGL 3.0 |
Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.
GeForce 8400 GS 512MBAmazon.com
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Radeon HD 4350Amazon.com
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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Comments
4 Responses to “GeForce 8400 GS 512MB vs Radeon HD 4350”Hi, thanks for the excellent comparison. I had ge force 8400 gs (512 MB, GDDR2) installed on my pc. In windows experience rating this card was rated 3.9 (lowest score in that rating as well). Then, I replaced ge force with the ati radeon hd 4350 (1 GB hyper memory, 512 MB DDR3) and, on my surprise, the windows experience rating came down to 3.3. However, it seems that some games that were unplayable with the ge force card I can (with lot of patience) play with the ati card.
So, I remain confused but determined to get some "proper" card asap. Regards
Weird... I wouldn't take the Windows Experience thing too seriously then. 😛
Both those cards are pretty slow though... I personally have a GeForce 9800GT and even though it's quite old now, it's waaaaaaay faster than both of those.
http://www.hwcompare.com/3353/geforce-9800-gt-512mb-vs-radeon-hd-4350/
You might need a new power supply though. 🙂
nvidia geforce 8400 gs 512 MB @nd 1GB both are slow ATI RADEON 4350 is best than nvidia geforce 8400 gs 512 MB @nd 1GB ATI RADEON 'zinda bad'nvidia murdabad
hi i have two cards, 8400 gs 512 and ati radeon 4350 and when i test them in the same machine i found that the 4350 is better than 8400 GS