GeForce 8500 GT vs GTS 450 Rev. 2

GTS 450 GTS 450 OEM GTS 450 Rev. 2 GTS 450 Rev. 3
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8200 8300 GS 8400 8400 GS 8400 GS PCI 8500 GT 8600 GS 8600 GT 8600 GTS 8800 GS 8800 GT 8800 GTS 320 8800 GTS 512 8800 GTS 640 8800 GTX 8800 Ultra

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 and GeForce 8500 GT, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTS 450 Rev. 2
2011
1 GB GDDR5, 106 Watt
4.43
+1097%

GTS 450 Rev. 2 outperforms 8500 GT by a whopping 1097% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

GTS 450 Rev. 2 GTS 450 Rev. 2
8500 GT 8500 GT

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking6661270
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.01
Power efficiency2.860.85
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGF116G86
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date15 March 2011 (13 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.

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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 cores19216
Core clock speed783 MHz459 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million210 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)106 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate25.063.672
Floating-point processing power0.6013 TFLOPS0.02938 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs328

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length210 mm229 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone
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 amount1 GB256 MB
Standard memory config per GPUno data256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed902 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.73 GB/s12.8 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.11.1

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 4.43 0.37
Recency 15 March 2011 17 April 2007
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 80 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt 30 Watt

GTS 450 Rev. 2 has a 1097.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

8500 GT, on the other hand, has 253.3% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8500 GT in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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Community ratings

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