NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
The NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS is a graphics card, built on the Tesla architecture. It has 16 shading units, 512 MB of DDR2 memory on a 64-bit bus, 6.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 459 MHz and a 40 W board power rating. It scores 169 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.
Depth: 33 recorded fields, 2 PassMark workloads
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 8 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS scores 169 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 23% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,238), measured across 3,164 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 22.
PassMark workload tests
In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS averages DirectX 9 2 fps and DirectX 10 5 fps, across 3,164 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS states the PCIe 1.0 x16,PCI interface, up to 512 MB of memory, a core clock of 450 MHz, DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3, first benchmarked on 2012-08-19. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Not to be confused with
This page covers the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI, NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI Rev. 2, NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2, NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.
Graphics processor
The NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS is based on the Tesla architecture and uses the G86-213-A2 graphics processor.
Shader configuration
The NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS has 16 shading units, 8 texture mapping units and 4 render output units.
The NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS.
Clock speeds
The NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS runs at a base clock of 459 MHz.
Memory
The NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS is equipped with 512 MB of DDR2 memory, uses a 64-bit memory bus and delivers 6.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth.
Board and power
The NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS has a board power rating of 40 W and it connects over PCIe 1.0 x16,PCI.
Market
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.
Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS.
Naming and aliases
The NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS (Omega 1.169.25), NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS (Omega 2.169.21) and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1).
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS have?
The NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS has 512 MB of DDR2 memory on a 64-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 6.4 GB/s.
How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS use and what power supply does it need?
The NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS has a board power rating of 40 W.
How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS?
The NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS scores 169 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 23% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #2,238.
What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS use?
The NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS connects over PCIe 1.0 x16,PCI.
Corrections to this record
After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.
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- Architecture: Tesla (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chips G86 | G86 all -> Tesla. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units; Wikipedia: List of Nvidia desktop graphics processing units.
The audit log is public: all changes for this GPU, the corrections overview and the method.
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