Intel HD Graphics 630 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 630 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel HD Graphics 630

NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 630

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 4 month(s) later
7.7x more texture fill rate: 27.6 GTexel / s vs 3.6 billion / sec
Around 50% higher pipelines: 24 vs 16
15x better floating-point performance: 441.6 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 80 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 30 Watt
256x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 256 MB
7.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1114 vs 149
8.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 268 vs 32
3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3344 vs 996
3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3344 vs 996

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 August 2016 vs 17 April 2007
Texture fill rate	27.6 GTexel / s vs 3.6 billion / sec
Pipelines	24 vs 16
Floating-point performance	441.6 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 30 Watt
Maximum memory size	64 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1114 vs 149
PassMark - G2D Mark	268 vs 32
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3344 vs 996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3344 vs 996

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Around 31% higher core clock speed: 459 MHz vs 350 MHz

Core clock speed	459 MHz vs 350 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 630
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1114

149

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

268

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3344

996

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3344

996

Name	Intel HD Graphics 630	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	1114	149
PassMark - G2D Mark	268	32
Geekbench - OpenCL	4554
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	27.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	312.246
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.795
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	20.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	32.567
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1859
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1945
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3344	996
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1859
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1945
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3344	996
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	388

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 630	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	Tesla
Code name	Kaby Lake GT2	G86
Launch date	30 August 2016	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1216	1657
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$129
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	350 MHz	459 MHz
Floating-point performance	441.6 gflops	29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	24	16
Texture fill rate	27.6 GTexel / s	3.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 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
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 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
SLI