GeForce 8500 GT vs Quadro 2000

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro 2000 with GeForce 8500 GT, including specs and performance data.

Quadro 2000
2010
1 GB GDDR5, 62 Watt
2.12
+542%

2000 outperforms 8500 GT by a whopping 542% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking8521281
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.150.01
Power efficiency2.710.87
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGF106G86
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date24 December 2010 (14 years ago)17 April 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 $129

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

Quadro 2000 has 1400% better value for money than 8500 GT.

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 speed625 MHz459 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million210 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)62 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate20.003.672
Floating-point processing power0.48 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
Length178 mm229 mm
Width1-slot1-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 amount1 GB256 MB
Standard memory config per GPUno data256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed650 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth41.6 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 Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API and SDK 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

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.

Quadro 2000 2.12
+542%
8500 GT 0.33

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.

Quadro 2000 947
+536%
8500 GT 149

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 2.12 0.33
Recency 24 December 2010 17 April 2007
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 80 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 62 Watt 30 Watt

Quadro 2000 has a 542.4% 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 106.7% lower power consumption.

The Quadro 2000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8500 GT in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro 2000 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 8500 GT is a desktop one.

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