GeForce 9800 GT and GeForce 8400 GS PCI Rev. 2 - video card comparison
GeForce 9800 GT
GeForce 8400 GS PCI Rev. 2
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name
G92
GT218
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
July 2008
April 2007
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCI
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
600 MHz
520 MHz
CUDA cores
112
-
Floating-point performance
336.0 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
754 million
260 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
112
16
Power consumption (TDP)
105 Watt
40 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
33.6 billion/sec
4.160
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
512 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz
1000 MBps
Memory bandwidth
57.6 GB/s
8 GB/s
Display Connectors
HDTVDual Link DVI
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
-
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
+
1.2
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
3.3
Shader Model
4.0
4.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A