NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2

NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 85% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 459 MHz
70.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 54.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 3.6 billion / sec
48x more pipelines: 2x 384 vs 16
88.9x better floating-point performance: 2x 1,305.6 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2x 1 GB vs 256 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 4008 MHz vs 800 MHz

Launch date	25 January 2011 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 459 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 54.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 3.6 billion / sec
Pipelines	2x 384 vs 16
Floating-point performance	2x 1,305.6 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

5.7x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 170 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 170 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.3
PassMark - G3D Mark		149
PassMark - G2D Mark		32
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		996

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti X2	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GF114	G86
Launch date	25 January 2011	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1659	1656
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$129
Technical info
Core clock speed	850 MHz	459 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 1,305.6 gflops	29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	2x 384	16
Texture fill rate	2x 54.4 GTexel / s billion / sec	3.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	3x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	292 mm	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 128.3 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4008 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
SLI