NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M

NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 3% higher core clock speed: 475 MHz vs 459 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 7.6 GTexel / s vs 3.6 billion / sec
2x more pipelines: 32 vs 16
2.1x better floating-point performance: 60.8 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 60 vs 32

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 June 2007 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	475 MHz vs 459 MHz
Texture fill rate	7.6 GTexel / s vs 3.6 billion / sec
Pipelines	32 vs 16
Floating-point performance	60.8 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	60 vs 32

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 45 Watt
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 149 vs 104
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 996 vs 402
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 996 vs 402

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	149 vs 104
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	996 vs 402
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	996 vs 402

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

104

149

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

402

996

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

402

996

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	104	149
PassMark - G2D Mark	60	32
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	402	996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	402	996

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G84	G86
Launch date	1 June 2007	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1656	1657
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$129
Technical info
Core clock speed	475 MHz	459 MHz
Floating-point performance	60.8 gflops	29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	32	16
Texture fill rate	7.6 GTexel / s	3.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	289 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized
Length		229 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	22.4 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
SLI