GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile vs 8500 GT

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated232
Place by popularitynot in top-10040
Power efficiencyno data22.74
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameG86GA107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date17 April 2007 (17 years ago)11 May 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$129 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 cores162048
Core clock speed459 MHz712 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1057 MHz
Number of transistors210 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology80 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate3.67267.65
Floating-point processing power0.02938 TFLOPS4.329 TFLOPS
ROPs440
TMUs864
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length229 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data
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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB4 GB
Standard memory config per GPU256 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s192.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.6
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA1.18.6

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.

8500 GT 139
RTX 3050 Mobile 9122
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Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 April 2007 11 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 75 Watt

8500 GT has 150% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8500 GT and GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8500 GT is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
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