GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce 8500 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 970 vs GeForce 8500 GT
GeForce GTX 970
9932
GeForce 8500 GT
140
GeForce GTX 970
GeForce 8500 GT
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
GM204
G86
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2014
April 2007
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)
500 Watt
-
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pins
None
SLI options
+
+
Boost clock speed
1178 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1050 MHz
459 MHz
CUDA cores
1664
-
Floating-point performance
3,920 gflops
29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
210 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1664
16
Power consumption (TDP)
145 Watt
30 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
98 °C
-
Texture fill rate
109 billion/sec
3.6 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
7.0 GB/s
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Standard memory config per GPU
-
256 MB
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support
4 displays
-
HDMI
+
-
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
G-SYNC support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
1.1
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.4
2.1
Shader Model
6.4
4.0
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-