NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT
The NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT is a graphics card released on May 1, 2007, built on the Tesla architecture. It has 16 shading units, 256 MB of video memory on a 128-bit bus, 19.2 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 450 MHz and a 14 W board power rating. It scores 98 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 8400M GT scores 98 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 16.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,409), measured across 106 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 38.
PassMark workload tests
In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT averages DirectX 9 2 fps and DirectX 10 4 fps, across 106 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 8400M GT states the PCIe x16 interface, up to 256 MB of memory, a core clock of 450 MHz, DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3, first benchmarked on 2009-04-05. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Graphics processor
The NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT is based on the Tesla architecture and uses the NB8M(G86) graphics processor.
Shader configuration
The NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT has 16 shading units, 8 texture mapping units and 4 render output units.
The NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT 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 8400M GT. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT.
Clock speeds
The NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT runs at a base clock of 450 MHz.
Memory
The NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT is equipped with 256 MB of memory, uses a 128-bit memory bus and delivers 19.2 GB/s of memory bandwidth.
Board and power
The NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT has a board power rating of 14 W and it connects over PCIe x16.
Market
The NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT was released on May 1, 2007.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.
Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT.
Naming and aliases
The NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1), NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT (Sony Vaio ), NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT (Sony Vaio AR51J), NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT [Dox Optimised 185.68] and NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT (Mobile).
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT have?
The NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT has 256 MB of video memory on a 128-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 19.2 GB/s.
How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT use and what power supply does it need?
The NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT has a board power rating of 14 W.
How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT?
The NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT scores 98 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 16.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #2,409.
What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT use?
The NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT connects over PCIe x16.
When was the NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT released?
The NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT was released on May 1, 2007.
Corrections to this record
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- Architecture: Tesla (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip G86 -> Tesla. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).
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