6800 GS vs 8500 GT

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General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameG86NV41
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 April 2007 (16 years old)7 November 2005 (18 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$129 $249
Current price$231 (1.8x MSRP)$181 (0.7x MSRP)

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores16no data
Core clock speed459 MHz425 MHz
Number of transistors210 million222 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Wattno data
Texture fill rate3.6 billion/sec5.100
Floating-point performance29.376 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length229 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin
SLI options+no data

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB256 MB
Standard memory config per GPU256 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s32 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model4.03.0
OpenGL2.12.1
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

8500 GT 129
6800 GS 191
+48.1%

6800 GS outperforms 8500 GT by 48% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 17 April 2007 7 November 2005
Cost $129 $249
Chip lithography 80 nm 130 nm

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8500 GT and GeForce 6800 GS. We've got no test results to judge.


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