GeForce 8500 GT vs Quadro M2000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro M2000 with GeForce 8500 GT, including specs and performance data.

Quadro M2000
2016
4 GB 128-bit, 75 Watt
10.34
+2695%

M2000 outperforms 8500 GT by a whopping 2695% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking4421270
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.630.01
Power efficiency9.450.85
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGM206G86
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date8 April 2016 (8 years ago)17 April 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$437.75 $129

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro M2000 has 36200% 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 cores76816
Core clock speed796 MHz459 MHz
Boost clock speed1163 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,940 million210 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate55.823.672
Floating-point processing power1.786 TFLOPS0.02938 TFLOPS
ROPs324
TMUs488

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 3.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length201 mm229 mm
Width1" (2.5 cm)1-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 type128 BitGDDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB256 MB
Standard memory config per GPUno data256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1653 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 106 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 Connectors4x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Number of simultaneous displays4no data

Supported technologies

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

3D Vision Pro+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Desktop Management+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX1211.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.44.0
OpenGL4.52.1
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA5.21.1

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.

Quadro M2000 10.34
+2695%
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.

Quadro M2000 3985
+2667%
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.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.34 0.37
Recency 8 April 2016 17 April 2007
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 80 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 30 Watt

Quadro M2000 has a 2694.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

8500 GT, on the other hand, has 150% lower power consumption.

The Quadro M2000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8500 GT in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro M2000 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 8500 GT is a desktop one.


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