Radeon X300 SE
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Radeon X300 SE
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between Radeon X300 SE  vs  NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT.

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Place in performance rating
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Value for money (0-100)
0.46
Rage 9
Architecture
Tesla
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Code name
G86
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Type
Desktop
1 September 2004 (17 years ago)
Release date
17 April 2007 (14 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$129
$46
Price now
$215 (1.7x MSRP)
RV370
GPU code name
G86
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between Radeon X300 SE  vs  NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

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Pipelines
16
325 MHz
Core clock speed
459 MHz
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Transistor count
210 million
110 nm
Manufacturing process technology
80 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
30 Watt
1.300
Texture fill rate
3.6 billion/sec
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Floating-point performance
29.376 gflops
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
16
107 million
Number of transistors
210 million
30 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
30 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards Radeon X300 SE and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 1.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
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Length
229 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
None
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SLI options
+

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between Radeon X300 SE vs NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT.

DDR
Memory type
GDDR3
64 MB
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
400 MHz
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
3.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
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Standard memory config per GPU
256 MB

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between Radeon X300 SE vs NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT.

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Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders Radeon X300 SE and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

9.0
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
2.0
OpenGL
2.1
N/A
Vulkan
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N/A
OpenCL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for Radeon X300 SE and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the Radeon X300 SE or NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) Radeon X300 SE
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Death Stranding (2020) Radeon X300 SE
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
F1 2020 (2020) Radeon X300 SE
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Gears Tactics (2020) Radeon X300 SE
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Doom Eternal (2020) Radeon X300 SE
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of Radeon X300 SE

Cheaper ($46 vs $215 (1.7x MSRP))

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

1.51% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (80 nm vs 110 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (256 MB vs 64 MB)

More memory bandwidth (12.8 GB/s vs 3.2 GB/s)

So, Radeon X300 SE or NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT .

Radeon X300 SE versus NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

Passmark

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User rating

2.4 Out of 8 Hitesti Score
3.0 Out of 25 Hitesti Score