NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT vs NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT and NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 2% higher core clock speed: 459 MHz vs 450 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 3.6 billion / sec vs 1.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 149 vs 79
3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 996 vs 277
3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 996 vs 277

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 April 2007 vs 18 January 2006
Core clock speed	459 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.6 billion / sec vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	149 vs 79
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	996 vs 277
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	996 vs 277

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS

Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 30 Watt
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 47 vs 32

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 30 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	47 vs 32

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

149

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

996

277

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

996

277

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	149	79
PassMark - G2D Mark	32	47
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	996	277
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	996	277

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G86	G72
Launch date	17 April 2007	18 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$129
Place in performance rating	1657	1682
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	459 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	3.6 billion / sec	1.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	112 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	2.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2
Standard memory config per GPU	256 MB
Technologies
SLI