NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
The NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT is a graphics card released on April 17, 2007, built on the Tesla architecture using a 80 nm process. It has 16 shading units, 1 GB of GDDR3 memory on a 128-bit bus, 12.8 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 459 MHz and a 30 W board power rating. It scores 173 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.
Depth: 37 recorded fields, 2 PassMark workloads
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 9 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT scores 173 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 23.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,234), measured across 1,149 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 29.
PassMark workload tests
In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT averages DirectX 9 4 fps and DirectX 10 3 fps, across 1,149 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT states the PCIe 1.0 x16,PCI interface, up to 1 GB of memory, a core clock of 450 MHz, DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3, first benchmarked on 2009-04-01. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Graphics processor
The NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT is based on the Tesla architecture, uses the G86-300-A2 graphics processor, is manufactured on a 80 nm process, contains 210 million transistors and has a die size of 127 mm².
Shader configuration
The NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT has 16 shading units, 8 texture mapping units and 4 render output units.
The NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT.
Clock speeds
The NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT runs at a base clock of 459 MHz.
Memory
The NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT is equipped with 1 GB of GDDR3 memory, uses a 128-bit memory bus and delivers 12.8 GB/s of memory bandwidth.
Board and power
The NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT has a board power rating of 30 W and it connects over PCIe 1.0 x16,PCI.
Market
The NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT was released on April 17, 2007 and launched at a price of $129.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT supports DirectX 10 and OpenGL 3.3.
Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT.
Naming and aliases
The NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT (Omega 2.169.21) and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1).
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT have?
The NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT has 1 GB of GDDR3 memory on a 128-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 12.8 GB/s.
How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT use and what power supply does it need?
The NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT has a board power rating of 30 W.
How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT?
The NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT scores 173 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 23.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #2,234.
What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT use?
The NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT connects over PCIe 1.0 x16,PCI.
When was the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT released and how much did it cost at launch?
The NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT was released on April 17, 2007 and launched at a price of $129.
Corrections to this record
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- Architecture: Tesla (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip G86 -> Tesla. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724); Wikipedia: List of Nvidia desktop graphics processing units (revision 1375708460).
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