GeForce 8500 GT vs Arc 8-Core iGPU

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Arc 8-Core iGPU with GeForce 8500 GT, including specs and performance data.

Arc 8-Core iGPU
2023
18.48
+4895%

Arc 8-Core iGPU outperforms 8500 GT by a whopping 4895% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking2991270
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.01
Power efficiencyno data0.85
ArchitectureXe LPG (2023)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameMeteor Lake iGPUG86
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date14 December 2023 (1 year 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 cores816
Core clock speedno data459 MHz
Boost clock speed2300 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data210 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data30 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_211.1 (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 HD360−1
1440p19-0−1
4K13-0−1

Cost per frame, $

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35 0−1
Battlefield 5 60−65
+6000%
1−2
−6000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40 0−1
Far Cry 5 40−45 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+4900%
1−2
−4900%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+5750%
2−3
−5750%
Hitman 3 35−40 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
+9000%
1−2
−9000%
Metro Exodus 60−65
+6300%
1−2
−6300%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+4900%
1−2
−4900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 60−65
+6000%
1−2
−6000%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+8700%
1−2
−8700%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35 0−1
Battlefield 5 60−65
+6000%
1−2
−6000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40 0−1
Far Cry 5 40−45 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+4900%
1−2
−4900%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+5750%
2−3
−5750%
Hitman 3 35−40 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 90−95
+9000%
1−2
−9000%
Metro Exodus 60−65
+6300%
1−2
−6300%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+4900%
1−2
−4900%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 58
+5700%
1−2
−5700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+8700%
1−2
−8700%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40 0−1
Far Cry 5 40−45 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+5750%
2−3
−5750%
Hitman 3 35−40 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 41 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 46 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+8700%
1−2
−8700%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+4900%
1−2
−4900%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 27−30 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22 0−1
Far Cry 5 21−24 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+5000%
2−3
−5000%
Hitman 3 21−24 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40 0−1
Metro Exodus 30−35 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 34 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+5450%
2−3
−5450%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35 0−1

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16 0−1
Hitman 3 14−16 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
+9500%
1−2
−9500%
Metro Exodus 18−20 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9−10 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11 0−1
Far Cry 5 10−11 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 24−27 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 8−9 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18 0−1

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 18.48 0.37
Recency 14 December 2023 17 April 2007
Chip lithography 5 nm 80 nm

Arc 8-Core iGPU has a 4894.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 16 years, and a 1500% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc 8-Core iGPU is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8500 GT in performance tests.

Be aware that Arc 8-Core iGPU is a notebook card while GeForce 8500 GT is a desktop one.


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