GeForce 8500 GT vs FirePro W5170M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking593not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameTropoG86
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date25 August 2014 (10 years ago)17 April 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$129

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 cores64016
Core clock speed900 MHz459 MHz
Boost clock speed925 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,500 million210 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data30 Watt
Texture fill rate37.003.672
Floating-point processing power1.184 TFLOPS0.02938 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs408

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCIe 1.0 x16
Lengthno data229 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB256 MB
Standard memory config per GPUno data256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s12.8 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 outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Eyefinity+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-1.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

W5170M 2191
+1476%
8500 GT 139

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 August 2014 17 April 2007
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 80 nm

W5170M has an age advantage of 7 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FirePro W5170M and GeForce 8500 GT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro W5170M is a mobile workstation card while GeForce 8500 GT is a desktop one.


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