NVIDIA NVS 300 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 300 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA NVS 300

NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 300

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 520 MHz vs 459 MHz
Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 4.16 GTexel / s vs 3.6 billion / sec
Around 34% better floating-point performance: 39.36 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 30 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 98% higher memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 39 vs 32

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 January 2011 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	520 MHz vs 459 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s vs 3.6 billion / sec
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 30 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	39 vs 32

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 149 vs 121

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	149 vs 121

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 300
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

121

149

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

996

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

996

Name	NVIDIA NVS 300	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	121	149
PassMark - G2D Mark	39	32
Geekbench - OpenCL	2471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	996	996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	996	996

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA NVS 300	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G86
Launch date	8 January 2011	17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	$129
Place in performance rating	1660	1657
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	520 MHz	459 MHz
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops	29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	16	16
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s	3.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DMS-59	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	145 mm	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.64 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
SLI