GeForce 8500 GT vs GeForce GT 1030

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GT 1030, which features core clock speeds of 1265 MHz on the GPU, and 1502 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 384 SPUs along with 32 Texture Address Units and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce 8500 GT		45 Watts
	Difference: 15 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GT 1030 should be a lot faster than the GeForce 8500 GT in general. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
GeForce 8500 GT		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 36352 (284%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 should be a lot (approximately 1024%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 8500 GT. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8500 GT		3600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 36880 (1024%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 is much (approximately 1024%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8500 GT, and should be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8500 GT		1800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 18440 (1024%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.