GeForce 8500 GT vs ATI Radeon HD 3470

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 3470 and GeForce 8500 GT, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI HD 3470
2008
256 MB GDDR3, 30 Watt
0.31

8500 GT outperforms ATI HD 3470 by a moderate 19% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking13231270
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.01
Power efficiency0.710.85
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameRV620G86
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date23 January 2008 (16 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 cores4016
Core clock speed800 MHz459 MHz
Number of transistors181 million210 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate3.2003.672
Floating-point processing power0.064 TFLOPS0.02938 TFLOPS
ROPs44
TMUs48

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
Length168 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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB256 MB
Standard memory config per GPUno data256 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed950 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth15.2 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, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.14.0
OpenGL3.32.1
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/AN/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.

ATI HD 3470 0.31
8500 GT 0.37
+19.4%

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.

ATI HD 3470 118
8500 GT 144
+22%

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 0.31 0.37
Recency 23 January 2008 17 April 2007
Chip lithography 55 nm 80 nm

ATI HD 3470 has an age advantage of 9 months, and a 45.5% more advanced lithography process.

8500 GT, on the other hand, has a 19.4% higher aggregate performance score.

The GeForce 8500 GT is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 3470 in performance tests.


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