GeForce 8500 GT vs Quadro RTX 4000

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking99not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money27.39no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2021)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameTU104G86
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date13 November 2018 (5 years old)17 April 2007 (16 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$899 $129
Current price$974 (1.1x MSRP)$231 (1.8x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores230416
Core clock speed1005 MHz459 MHz
Boost clock speed1545 MHzno data
Number of transistors13,600 million210 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)160 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate222.53.6 billion/sec
Floating-point performanceno data29.376 gflops

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 3.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length241 mm229 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone
SLI optionsno 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 typeGDDR6GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount8 GB256 MB
Standard memory config per GPUno data256 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed13000 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth416.0 GB/s12.8 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 Connectors3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API support

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.54.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA7.51.1

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%

RTX 4000 15415
+11850%
8500 GT 129

Quadro RTX 4000 outperforms GeForce 8500 GT by 11850% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 13 November 2018 17 April 2007
Cost $899 $129
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 12 nm 80 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 30 Watt

We couldn't decide between Quadro RTX 4000 and GeForce 8500 GT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 4000 is a workstation card while GeForce 8500 GT is a desktop one.


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