NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) vs NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, API support, Memory, Technologies, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 2.7x more core clock speed: 1228 MHz vs 459 MHz
  • 24x more pipelines: 384 vs 16
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 80 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
  • 7.5x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • 16.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2433 vs 149
  • 13.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 442 vs 32
  • 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3331 vs 996
  • 3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3331 vs 996
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 May 2017 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed 1228 MHz vs 459 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 16
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2433 vs 149
PassMark - G2D Mark 442 vs 32
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3331 vs 996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3331 vs 996

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2433
149
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
442
32
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3331
996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3331
996
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 2433 149
PassMark - G2D Mark 442 32
Geekbench - OpenCL 9864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 36.898
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 170.785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.373
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 18.937
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 160.823
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3629
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3331 996
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3629
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3331 996
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 35

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Tesla
Code name N17P-G1 G86
Launch date 17 May 2017 17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $69.99 $129
Place in performance rating 874 1657
Price now $59.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 63.91

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1670 MHz
Core clock speed 1228 MHz 459 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 384 16
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt 30 Watt
Floating-point performance 29.376 gflops
Texture fill rate 3.6 billion / sec
Transistor count 210 million

Video outputs and ports

G-SYNC support
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API support

DirectX 12_1 10.0
Vulkan
OpenGL 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 256 MB
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Shared memory 0
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s
Standard memory config per GPU 256 MB

Technologies

Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready
SLI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 229 mm
Supplementary power connectors None