GMA 600 vs ATI Radeon 8500 LE

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRage 7 (2001−2006)PowerVR SGX535 (2008−2010)
GPU code nameR200Lincroft
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date4 February 2002 (24 years ago)4 May 2010 (16 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 coresno data32
Core clock speed250 MHz400 MHz
Number of transistors60 million140 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Wattno data
Texture fill rate2.0001.600
Floating-point processing powerno data0.0256 TFLOPS
ROPs41
TMUs84

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).

InterfaceAGP 4xPCIe 1.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDRSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amount64 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed250 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth8 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data+

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX8.110.1
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGL1.4ES 2.0
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 February 2002 4 May 2010
Chip lithography 150 nm 45 nm

GMA 600 has an age advantage of 8 years, and a 70% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 8500 LE and GMA 600. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 8500 LE is a desktop graphics card while GMA 600 is a notebook one.

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