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GeForce 810M vs GeForce 8500 GT

Intro

The GeForce 810M makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 738 MHz. The DDR3 memory runs at a frequency of 900 MHz on this particular model. It features 48 SPUs as well as 8 Texture Address Units and 4 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce 8500 GT, which has GPU core speed of 450 MHz, and 512 MB of DDR2 memory running at 400 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 16 Stream Processors, 8 TAUs, and 4 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 810M 15 Watts
GeForce 8500 GT 45 Watts
Difference: 30 Watts (200%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce 810M should perform a small bit faster than the GeForce 8500 GT in general. (explain)

GeForce 810M 14400 MB/sec
GeForce 8500 GT 12800 MB/sec
Difference: 1600 (13%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 810M should be quite a bit (more or less 64%) better at AF than the GeForce 8500 GT. (explain)

GeForce 810M 5904 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8500 GT 3600 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 2304 (64%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 810M will be quite a bit (approximately 64%) more effective at AA than the GeForce 8500 GT, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce 810M 2952 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8500 GT 1800 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 1152 (64%)

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 810M GeForce 8500 GT
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year February 2014 April 2007
Code Name GF117 G86
Memory 1024 MB 512 MB
Core Speed 738 MHz 450 MHz
Memory Speed 1800 MHz 800 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 15 watts 45 watts
Bandwidth 14400 MB/sec 12800 MB/sec
Texel Rate 5904 Mtexels/sec 3600 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 2952 Mpixels/sec 1800 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 48 16
Texture Mapping Units 8 8
Render Output Units 4 4
Bus Type DDR3 DDR2
Bus Width 64-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 28 nm 80 nm
Transistors (Unknown) million 210 million
Bus PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe x16, PCI, PCIe x16 2.0
DirectX Version DirectX 12 DirectX 10
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 3.0

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once 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 high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video 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 the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.

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