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GeForce 8400 GS

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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 0.6% (562nd of 642)

more Based on 17,447 user benchmarks.  Devices: 10DE 06E4, 10DE 0422, 10DE 0427, 10DE 0404, 10DE 10C3 Models: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS, NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS
Poor: 0%Average: 0.6% Great: 1%

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Terrible average bench

The Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS averaged 99.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 2.17fps
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 1.56fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS is just 0.47%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 3.72fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 0.92fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 17,447 samples)
Rank 5620.6%
Min Avg Max
1.4 Lighting 2.17 3.5
2.26 Reflection 3.72 6.1
0.4 Parallax 0.92 1.5
0.57% 2.27 fps
Min Avg Max
1.9 MRender 3.6 5.5
1.1 Gravity 1.56 2.5
0.9 Splatting 2.27 4
0.6% 2.48 fps
User Benchmarks Bench 3D DX9 3D DX10 3D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
EVGA(3842 1303) 1GB
Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01
0.89% Terrible
Lighting 3.1
Reflection 3.9
Parallax 1
1% 2.67 fps
MRender 5.5
Gravity 2.3
Splatting 4
1% 3.93 fps
EVGA(3842 1302) 1GB
Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01
0.83% Terrible
Lighting 3.2
Reflection 5.4
Parallax 1.4
1% 3.33 fps
MRender 4.6
Gravity 2.3
Splatting 3.8
1% 3.57 fps
Nvidia(10DE 0867) 1GB
Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01
0.83% Terrible
Lighting 3.4
Reflection 6
Parallax 1.4
1% 3.6 fps
MRender 4.5
Gravity 2.3
Splatting 3.5
1% 3.43 fps
Nvidia(10DE 066D) 512MB
Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.01
0.52% Terrible
Lighting 1.9
Reflection 3.5
Parallax 0.9
0% 2.1 fps
MRender 3.3
Gravity 1.3
Splatting 1.9
0% 2.17 fps
Device(0000 0000) 512MB
Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.01
0.44% Terrible
Lighting 1.7
Reflection 2.9
Parallax 0.8
0% 1.8 fps
MRender 2.2
Gravity 1.3
Splatting 1.4
0% 1.63 fps
Gigabyte(1458 34CD) 512MB
Ram: 512MB, Driver: 341.74
0.32% Terrible
Lighting 1.5
Reflection 2.7
Parallax 0.6
0% 1.6 fps
MRender 2.9
Gravity 0.5
Splatting 1.6
0% 1.67 fps
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 33,000,655 GPUs tested.

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Based on statistics from 17,447 user benchmarks.

Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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Device(0000 0000) 17% 1% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 1302) 16% 1% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2295) 3% 1% ± 0%
Asus(1043 8321) 3% 1% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 1300) 2% 1% ± 0%
XFX(1682 229B) 2% 1% ± 0%
Nvidia(10DE 0867) 2% 1% ± 0%
Asus(1043 8322) 2% 1% ± 0%
Gainward(10B0 0401) 2% 1% ± 0%
Zotac(19DA 5044) 2% 0% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2060) 2% 1% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 34CD) 2% 0% ± 0%
XFX(1682 233A) 2% 1% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 1303) 2% 1% ± 0%
Zotac(19DA 3158) 1% 1% ± 0%
MSI(1462 1163) 1% 1% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 349C) 1% 1% ± 0%
Nvidia(10DE 080A) 1% 1% ± 0%
MSI(1462 1162) 1% 1% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2400) 1% 1% ± 0%
XFX(1682 235C) 1% 0% ± 0%
Gainward(10B0 1401) 1% 0% ± 0%
MSI(1462 8A98) 1% 1% ± 0%
XFX(1682 2312) 1% 1% ± 0%
Asus(1043 8378) 1% 1% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 C725) 1% 0% ± 0%
Nvidia(10DE 0000) 1% 1% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2298) 1% 1% ± 0%
Zotac(19DA 4039) 1% 0% ± 0%
Zotac(19DA 1223) 1% 1% ± 0%
Zotac(19DA 5107) 1% 1% ± 0%
Elitegroup(1019 2021) 1% 1% ± 0%
Asus(1043 8278) 1% 1% ± 0%
Asus(1043 8266) 1% 0% ± 0%
PNY(196E 05CC) 1% 0% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 1301) 1% 0% ± 0%
POV(1ACC 853C) 1% 1% ± 0%
POV(1ACC 85D3) 1% 1% ± 0%
Nvidia(10DE 050F) 1% 0% ± 0%
Asus(1043 050A) 1% 1% ± 0%
POV(1ACC 84D3) 1% 1% ± 0%
Asus(1043 82B2) 1% 1% ± 0%
XFX(1682 2354) 1% 0% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 34ED) 1% 1% ± 0%
Nvidia(10DE 05CC) 1% 1% ± 0%
POV(1ACC 0853) 1% 1% ± 0%
Nvidia(10DE 066D) 1% 1% ± 0%
Zotac(19DA 1182) 1% 0% ± 0%
Asus(1043 830C) 1% 1% ± 0%
MSI(1462 0740) 1% 1% ± 0%
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Gaming 2%
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Desktop 65%
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Workstation 2%
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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $184Bench 75%, 200,977 samples1,194x
Core i7-2600Intel  $213Bench 72%, 118,327 samples1,025x
Core i5-2400Intel  $75Bench 69%, 114,075 samples728x
GPU
GeForce 8400 GSNvidiaBench 1%, 17,447 samples1x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 62%, 191,427 samples588x
A400 120GBKingston  $24Bench 61%, 109,630 samples365x
Virtual NVMe Disk 275GBParallelsBench 203%, 486 samples360x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 345,040 samples794x
4x2GBUnknownBench 24%, 139,043 samples495x
1x4GBUnknownBench 25%, 119,775 samples291x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $212

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ARG-User
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Excellent

3 months ago.

es una de las mejores placas que saco Nvidia en sus tiempos yo todabia la tengo en una caja guardadita

SRB-User
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Poor

6 months ago.

Because Assassins Creed II is to heavy for it

URY-User
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940

Terrible

8 months ago.

Terrible performance, intel hd is more fast

DerHerrGolo
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Poor

3 months ago.

Not the best card, usable for Office stuff browsing is okay as well. Card has a fairly good driver support for it's age. Card is not suitable for modern gaming, retro games work but mostly not great. The card is pretty cheap and can be found for 3-10€.

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