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NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Graphics Processor
G86
Cores
16
TMUs
8
ROPs
4
Memory Size
256 MB
Memory Type
GDDR3
Bus Width
128 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
The GeForce 8500 GT was a mid-range graphics card by NVIDIA, launched on April 17th, 2007. Built on the 80 nm process, and based on the G86 graphics processor, in its G86-300-A2 variant, the card supports DirectX 11.1. Even though it supports DirectX 11, the feature level is only 10_0, which can be problematic with many DirectX 11 & DirectX 12 titles. The G86 graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 127 mm² and 210 million transistors. It features 16 shading units, 8 texture mapping units, and 4 ROPs. NVIDIA has paired 256 MB GDDR3 memory with the GeForce 8500 GT, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 459 MHz, memory is running at 400 MHz.
Being a single-slot card, the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 30 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video. GeForce 8500 GT is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 1.0 x16 interface. The card measures 229 mm in length, and features a single-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 129 US Dollars.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
G86
GPU Variant
G86-300-A2
Architecture
Tesla
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
80 nm
Transistors
210 million
Density
1.7M / mm²
Die Size
127 mm²
Chip Package
BGA-820

Graphics Card

Release Date
Apr 17th, 2007
Generation
GeForce 8
(8500)
Predecessor
GeForce 7 PCIe
Successor
GeForce 9
Production
End-of-life
Launch Price
129 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
Reviews
33 in our database

Relative Performance

GeForce RTX 5090
35493%
GeForce RTX 4090
27072%
GeForce RTX 5080
23389%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
20883%
GeForce RTX 4080
20706%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
20694%
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
20396%
Radeon RX 9070 XT
19488%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
17819%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
17493%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
17476%
Radeon RX 9070
17459%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
15997%
GeForce RTX 5070
15837%
GeForce RTX 3090
15604%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
15398%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
14905%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
14676%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
14435%
GeForce RTX 4070
14236%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
14095%
GeForce RTX 3080
13870%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
13830%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
13341%
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
12384%
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB
12308%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
12126%
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB
11755%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
11734%
Radeon RX 6800
11340%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
11258%
Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB
11096%
GeForce RTX 3070
10977%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
10885%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
10836%
GeForce RTX 5060
10667%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
9609%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
9438%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
8769%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
8693%
GeForce RTX 4060
8667%
Arc B580
8652%
GeForce RTX 5050
8431%
GeForce RTX 2080
8364%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
8180%
Radeon RX 7600
8169%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
7776%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
7693%
Arc A770
7685%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
7407%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
7300%
Radeon VII
7280%
Arc A750
7135%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
6973%
GeForce RTX 2070
6872%
Radeon RX 6600
6563%
Arc A580
6375%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
6367%
Radeon RX Vega 64
6095%
GeForce RTX 2060
5900%
Radeon RX 5700
5871%
GeForce GTX 1080
5761%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
5652%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
5600%
Radeon RX Vega 56
5321%
GeForce GTX 1070
5129%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
4857%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
4851%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
4596%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
4572%
Radeon R9 FURY X
4519%
GeForce GTX 1660
4467%
Radeon RX 590
4219%
Radeon R9 FURY
4113%
GeForce GTX 980
4061%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
4022%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
3971%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
3937%
Radeon RX 580
3907%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
3807%
Radeon R9 390X
3753%
GeForce GTX 690
3707%
Radeon RX 480
3676%
Radeon HD 7990
3659%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
3592%
GeForce GTX 970
3498%
Radeon R9 290X
3489%
Radeon R9 390
3433%
Radeon RX 570
3391%
Radeon R9 290
3218%
Radeon RX 470
3174%
GeForce GTX 1650
2987%
Radeon RX 6400
2928%
Arc A380
2889%
GeForce GTX 780
2884%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
2604%
GeForce GTX 590
2602%
Radeon R9 280X
2566%
Radeon HD 6990
2505%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
2386%
GeForce GTX 680
2332%
Radeon R9 380
2309%
Radeon HD 7970
2309%
GeForce GTX 770
2302%
Radeon R9 285
2285%
GeForce GTX 960
2215%
GeForce GTX 670
2159%
Radeon HD 5970
1951%
GeForce GTX 1630
1949%
Radeon HD 7950
1914%
GeForce GTX 1050
1909%
GeForce GTX 760
1896%
GeForce GTX 580
1894%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
1886%
Radeon R9 270X
1863%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
1818%
GeForce GTX 950
1803%
Radeon RX 560
1697%
GeForce GTX 570
1670%
GeForce GTX 660
1665%
Radeon RX 460
1659%
Radeon R7 370
1659%
Radeon HD 6970
1601%
GeForce GTX 480
1531%
Radeon HD 7850
1504%
GeForce GTX 295
1476%
Radeon HD 6950
1425%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
1419%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
1393%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
1386%
Radeon HD 5870
1344%
Radeon HD 6870
1260%
GeForce GTX 470
1216%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
1163%
Radeon HD 5850
1142%
GeForce GTX 285
1065%
Radeon HD 6850
1045%
GeForce GTX 280
978%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
976%
GeForce GTX 275
973%
GeForce GT 1030
965%
GeForce GTX 460
948%
Radeon HD 4890
914%
Radeon HD 6790
898%
Radeon HD 5830
854%
GeForce GTX 650
807%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
801%
Radeon HD 4870
791%
GeForce GTX 260
781%
Radeon HD 5770
768%
Radeon HD 7750
762%
Radeon HD 5750
667%
GeForce GTS 450
644%
GeForce GTS 250
626%
Radeon HD 4850
612%
Radeon HD 4770
580%
Radeon HD 4830
544%
Radeon HD 6670
527%
GeForce 9800 GT
507%
GeForce GT 640
490%
Radeon HD 5670
457%
GeForce 9600 GT
430%
GeForce GT 240
375%
GeForce GT 440
367%
Radeon HD 4670
348%
Radeon HD 5570
320%
GeForce GT 430
316%
GeForce GT 220
242%
GeForce GT 520
196%
Radeon HD 6450
185%
Radeon HD 5450
158%
Radeon HD 4550
123%
GeForce 8500 GT
100%
GeForce 9400 GT
100%
GeForce 210
78%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for RTX 3080 and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
459 MHz
Shader Clock
918 MHz
Memory Clock
400 MHz
800 Mbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
256 MB
Memory Type
GDDR3
Memory Bus
128 bit
Bandwidth
12.80 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
16
TMUs
8
ROPs
4
SM Count
2
L2 Cache
32 KB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
1.836 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
3.672 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
29.38 GFLOPS

Board Design

Slot Width
Single-slot
Length
229 mm
9 inches
TDP
30 W
Suggested PSU
200 W
Outputs
1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video
Power Connectors
None
Board Number
P403

Graphics Features

DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
Vulkan
N/A
CUDA
1.1
Shader Model
4.0

Card Notes

Memory Variant: 512 MB
Memory Variant: 1024 MB

G86 GPU Notes

PureVideo HD: VP2
VDPAU: Feature Set A

Latest Drivers:
Windows 2000:
Quadro Release 261.19

Windows XP / Server 2003 x64:
GeForce Release 185.81 (Notebooks)
GeForce Release 340.52
Quadro Release R319 U2 (321.01)
Tesla Release 258.96

Windows Vista:
GeForce Release 307.83 (Notebooks)
GeForce Release 342.01
Quadro Release R340 U15 (342.01)
Tesla Release 258.96

Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10:
GeForce Release 342.01
Quadro Release R340 U15 (342.01)
Tesla Release 258.96

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Name GPU Clock Memory Clock Other Changes
475 MHz 475 MHz DDR2
600 MHz 700 MHz
600 MHz 750 MHz
700 MHz 400 MHz DDR2, 165 mm/6.5 inches
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