NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

G86GPU NameNV35
NB8M-SEModel numberFX 5900
TeslaArchitectureRankine
TSMCFoundryTSMC
80 nmProcess Size130 nm
210 millionTransistors135 million
127 mm²Die Size207 mm²

Graphics Card

May 9th, 2007Release DateMay 12th, 2003
GeForce 8M
(8000M)
FamilyGeForce FX
(5900)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce Go 7PredecessorGeForce 4 Ti
PCIe 1.0 x16Bus InterfaceAGP 8x

Memory

256 MBMemory Size128 MB
GDDR3Memory TypeDDR
64 bitMemory Bus256 bit
6.400 GB/sBandwidth27.20 GB/s

Performance

1.600 GPixel/sPixel fillrate1.600 GPixel/s
3.200 GTexel/sTexture fillrate3.200 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

400 MHz
800 Mbps effective
Memory Clock425 MHz
850 Mbps effective
400 MHzGPU Clock400 MHz

Render Config

8TMUs8
4ROPs4

Board Design

IGPSlot WidthSingle-slot
10 WThermal design power (TDP)unknown
No outputsDisplay Connectors1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
NonePower Connectors1x Molex

API support

11.1 (10_0)DirectX9.0a
3.3OpenGL1.5 (2.1)
1.1OpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A