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
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) | NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT |
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| 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 | |
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Essentials |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12_1 | 10.0 |
| Vulkan | ||
| OpenGL | 2.1 | |
Memory |
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| 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 |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | |
| Length | 229 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |

