GeForce 8500 GT vs HD Graphics 4000

Place in the ranking	1066	1270
Place by popularity	50	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.01
Power efficiency	1.80	0.85
Architecture	Generation 7.0 (2012−2013)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	Ivy Bridge GT2	G86
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	14 May 2012 (12 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 cores	128	16
Core clock speed	650 MHz	459 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,200 million	210 million
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	30 Watt
Texture fill rate	16.00	3.672
Floating-point processing power	0.256 TFLOPS	0.02938 TFLOPS
ROPs	2	4
TMUs	16	8

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).

Interface	Ring Bus	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	no data	229 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None
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 type	System Shared	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	256 MB
Standard memory config per GPU	no data	256 MB
Memory bus width	System Shared	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	12.8 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 Connectors

Portable Device Dependent

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

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (11_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.0	4.0
OpenGL	4.0	2.1
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	-	1.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD Graphics 4000 1.18
+219%

8500 GT 0.37

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.

HD Graphics 4000 454
+215%

8500 GT 144

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:

900p	12 +300%	3−4 −300%
Full HD	10 +233%	3−4 −233%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

no data

43.00

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +220%	10−11 −220%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	13 +225%	4−5 −225%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +220%	10−11 −220%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +267%	3−4 −267%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +220%	10−11 −220%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%