NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 28% higher core clock speed: 589 MHz vs 459 MHz
Around 31% higher texture fill rate: 4.71 GTexel / s vs 3.6 billion / sec
Around 53% better floating-point performance: 44.86 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 41 vs 32
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1052 vs 996
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1052 vs 996

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 November 2009 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	589 MHz vs 459 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.71 GTexel / s vs 3.6 billion / sec
Floating-point performance	44.86 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	41 vs 32
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1052 vs 996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1052 vs 996

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 31 Watt
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 666 MHz
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 149 vs 143

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 31 Watt
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	149 vs 143

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

143

149

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1052

996

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1052

996

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
PassMark - G2D Mark	41	32
PassMark - G3D Mark	143	149
Geekbench - OpenCL	2724
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1052	996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1052	996

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G86
Launch date	27 November 2009	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1654	1657
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$129
Technical info
Core clock speed	589 MHz	459 MHz
Floating-point performance	44.86 gflops	29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	16	16
Texture fill rate	4.71 GTexel / s	3.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	5.33 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	666 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
SLI