GeForce 8500 GT vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare those specs to the Geforce GTX 760, which has core speeds of 980 MHz on the GPU, and 1502 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1152 SPUs along with 96 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8500 GT		45 Watts
Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 125 Watts (278%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Geforce GTX 760 should theoretically be a lot faster than the GeForce 8500 GT overall. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
GeForce 8500 GT		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 179456 (1402%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 will be a lot (about 2513%) better at AF than the GeForce 8500 GT. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8500 GT		3600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 90480 (2513%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 760 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8500 GT		1800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 29560 (1642%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.