GeForce 8500 GT vs Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) with GeForce 8500 GT, including specs and performance data.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
2020
15 Watt
9.01
+2210%

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) outperforms 8500 GT by a whopping 2210% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking4901266
Place by popularity28not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.01
Power efficiency41.430.90
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameVegaG86
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2020 (5 years ago)17 April 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$129

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores51216
Core clock speedno data459 MHz
Boost clock speed2100 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data210 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rateno data3.672
Floating-point processing powerno data0.02938 TFLOPS
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data8

Form factor & 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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 1.0 x16
Lengthno data229 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options-+

VRAM capacity and type

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 typeno dataGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data256 MB
Standard memory config per GPUno data256 MB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data400 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data12.8 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

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 Connectorsno data1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12_111.1 (10_0)
Shader Modelno data4.0
OpenGLno data2.1
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA-1.1

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD230−1
1440p170−1
4K9-0−1

Cost per frame, $

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 13 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 19 0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
+2800%
1−2
−2800%
Counter-Strike 2 12 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 15 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 32
+3100%
1−2
−3100%
Forza Horizon 5 21 0−1
Metro Exodus 27
+2600%
1−2
−2600%
Red Dead Redemption 2 33
+3200%
1−2
−3200%
Valorant 44
+4300%
1−2
−4300%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
+2800%
1−2
−2800%
Counter-Strike 2 9 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 11 0−1
Dota 2 29
+2800%
1−2
−2800%
Far Cry 5 30
+2900%
1−2
−2900%
Fortnite 50−55
+2550%
2−3
−2550%
Forza Horizon 4 27
+2600%
1−2
−2600%
Forza Horizon 5 13 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 19 0−1
Metro Exodus 19 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 57
+2750%
2−3
−2750%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+2600%
1−2
−2600%
Valorant 14 0−1
World of Tanks 48
+2300%
2−3
−2300%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
+2800%
1−2
−2800%
Counter-Strike 2 8 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 9 0−1
Dota 2 48
+2300%
2−3
−2300%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+3700%
1−2
−3700%
Forza Horizon 4 23 0−1
Forza Horizon 5 14 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
+2267%
3−4
−2267%
Valorant 37
+3600%
1−2
−3600%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 9 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 9 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 22 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8 0−1
World of Tanks 21 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 30−35
+3000%
1−2
−3000%
Cyberpunk 2077 2 0−1
Far Cry 5 18−20 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 16 0−1
Forza Horizon 5 12−14 0−1
Metro Exodus 17 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14 0−1
Valorant 39
+3800%
1−2
−3800%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 3−4 0−1
Dota 2 10 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 10 0−1
Metro Exodus 6 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 13 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Dota 2 18 0−1
Far Cry 5 10−12 0−1
Fortnite 9−10 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 9 0−1
Forza Horizon 5 6−7 0−1
Valorant 9−10 0−1

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.01 0.39
Recency 7 January 2020 17 April 2007
Chip lithography 7 nm 80 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 30 Watt

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has a 2210.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 1042.9% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8500 GT in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a notebook card while GeForce 8500 GT is a desktop one.


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