NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 405 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 405 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 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
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 30 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 98% higher memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 55 vs 32
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1017 vs 996
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1017 vs 996

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 September 2010 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
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 30 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	55 vs 32
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1017 vs 996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1017 vs 996

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 149 vs 118

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	149 vs 118

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

118

149

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1017

996

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1017

996

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
PassMark - G2D Mark	55	32
PassMark - G3D Mark	118	149
Geekbench - OpenCL	2795
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1017	996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1017	996

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G86
Launch date	3 September 2010	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1637	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)	25 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 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	12.64 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
SLI