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GeForce 8500 GT

Nvidia graphics card · GeForce 8 series · launched April 2007

Launch price
$129
≈ $206 in 2026 dollars
Memory
256 MB
GDDR3 · 128-bit
Rated power
30 W

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Launch price in today's dollars

The GeForce 8500 GT launched at $129 in 2007. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $206 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 60% rise over 19 years.

Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2007 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.

Specifications

VendorNvidia
SeriesGeForce 8 series
LaunchedApril 2007
Launch price$129
ArchitectureTesla
ChipG86-300-A2
Memory256 MB (also 512 MB, 1 GB)
Memory typeGDDR3
Memory bus128-bit
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s
Core clock459 MHz
FP32 compute0.03 TFLOPS
Rated power30 W (TDP)
Transistors210 million
Die size127 mm²
Process80 nm
Bus interfacePCIe 1.0 x16
Tier50-class

The Nvidia 50-class over time

Nvidia graphics cards in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.

PartYearLaunch priceIn 2026 $Blender
GeForce 8500 GT2007$129$206—
GeForce 9500 GT2008———
GeForce GTS 2502009$199$307—
GeForce GTS 4502010$129$196—
GeForce GTX 550 Ti2011$149$219—
GeForce GTX 6502012$109$157—
GeForce GTX 650 Ti2012$149$215—
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost2013$169$240—
GeForce GTX 7502014$119$16687
GeForce GTX 750 Ti2014$149$208103
GeForce GTX 9502015$159$222116
GeForce GTX 950 Low Power2016$159$219—
GeForce GTX 10502016$109$150169
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti2016$139$192210
GeForce GTX 16502019$149$193429
GeForce GTX 1650 Super2019$159$206547

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