NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i vs NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i

NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 31% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 459 MHz
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 37 vs 32

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 October 2007 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 459 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	37 vs 32

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
3.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 149 vs 42

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	149 vs 42

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

149

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
PassMark - G2D Mark	37	32
PassMark - G3D Mark	42	149
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		996

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Curie	Tesla
Code name	C73	G86
Launch date	4 October 2007	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1655	1657
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$129
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	459 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	80 nm
Transistor count	112 million	210 million
Floating-point performance		29.376 gflops
Pipelines		16
Texture fill rate		3.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		30 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		229 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
SLI