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GeForce 8500 GT vs GeForce GT 130

Intro

The GeForce 8500 GT features a GPU core speed of 450 MHz, and the 512 MB of DDR2 RAM runs at 400 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 16 SPUs, 8 TAUs, and 4 Raster Operation Units.

Compare that to the GeForce GT 130, which has clock speeds of 500 MHz on the GPU, and 250 MHz on the 768 MB of DDR2 memory. It features 48 SPUs as well as 24 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8500 GT 45 Watts
GeForce GT 130 75 Watts
Difference: 30 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce 8500 GT should perform just a bit faster than the GeForce GT 130 overall. (explain)

GeForce 8500 GT 12800 MB/sec
GeForce GT 130 12000 MB/sec
Difference: 800 (7%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 130 should be a lot (more or less 233%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 8500 GT. (explain)

GeForce GT 130 12000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8500 GT 3600 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 8400 (233%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GT 130 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GT 130 8000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8500 GT 1800 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 6200 (344%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 8500 GT GeForce GT 130
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year April 2007 March 10, 2009
Code Name G86 G94b
Memory 512 MB 768 MB
Core Speed 450 MHz 500 MHz
Memory Speed 800 MHz 500 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 45 watts 75 watts
Bandwidth 12800 MB/sec 12000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 3600 Mtexels/sec 12000 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 1800 Mpixels/sec 8000 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 16 48
Texture Mapping Units 8 24
Render Output Units 4 16
Bus Type DDR2 DDR2
Bus Width 128-bit 192-bit
Fab Process 80 nm 55 nm
Transistors 210 million 505 million
Bus PCIe x16, PCI, PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe x16 2.0
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 10
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 3.0

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.

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