Intel HD Graphics 500 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 500 and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel HD Graphics 500

NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 500

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.5x more texture fill rate: 9 GTexel / s vs 3.6 billion / sec
4.9x better floating-point performance: 144.0 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 80 nm
5x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 30 Watt
32x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 256 MB
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 300 vs 149
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 80 vs 32
Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1122 vs 996
Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1122 vs 996

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 17 April 2007
Texture fill rate	9 GTexel / s vs 3.6 billion / sec
Floating-point performance	144.0 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 30 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	300 vs 149
PassMark - G2D Mark	80 vs 32
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1122 vs 996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1122 vs 996

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

2.3x more core clock speed: 459 MHz vs 200 MHz
Around 33% higher pipelines: 16 vs 12

Core clock speed	459 MHz vs 200 MHz
Pipelines	16 vs 12

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

300

149

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1122

996

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1122

996

Name	Intel HD Graphics 500	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	300	149
PassMark - G2D Mark	80	32
Geekbench - OpenCL	911
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	35.665
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.215
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	2.987
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	4.154
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	579
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1122	996
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	579
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1122	996

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 500	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Tesla
Code name	Apollo Lake GT1	G86
Launch date	1 September 2015	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1658	1657
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$129
Technical info
Boost clock speed	750 MHz
Core clock speed	200 MHz	459 MHz
Floating-point performance	144.0 gflops	29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	12	16
Texture fill rate	9 GTexel / s	3.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		229 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / LPDDR4	GDDR3
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		12.8 GB / s
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
Quick Sync
SLI