Radeon Sky 500 vs ATI Mobility 7000 IGP
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 476 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 5.85 |
| Architecture | Rage 6 (2000−2007) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | RS250 | Pitcairn |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 1 March 2003 (23 years ago) | 27 March 2013 (13 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2 | 1280 |
| Core clock speed | 166 MHz | 950 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 30 million | 2,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 180 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 0.5 | 76.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 2.432 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 1 | 32 |
| TMUs | 3 | 80 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 320 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 512 KB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Bus support | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Interface | AGP 4x | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 242 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Form factor | no data | full height / full length |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | System Shared | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1200 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 154 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DisplayPort |
| DisplayPort count | no data | 1 |
| Dual-link DVI support | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 7.0 | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 1.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 March 2003 | 27 March 2013 |
| Chip lithography | 180 nm | 28 nm |
Sky 500 has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 84% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP and Radeon Sky 500. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP is a notebook graphics card while Radeon Sky 500 is a workstation one.
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