Radeon Sky 500 vs GeForce 800A

Place in performance ranking	1003	369
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	no data	4.49
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	GF119	Pitcairn
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	17 March 2014 (10 years ago)	27 March 2013 (11 years ago)
Current price	no data	$129

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed Specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	48	1280
Core clock speed	475 MHz	950 MHz
Number of transistors	292 million	2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	3.800	76.00
Floating-point performance	141.7 gflops	2,432 gflops

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	PCIe 2.0 x16	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	no data	1x 6-pin

Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	154 GB/s

Connectivity and Outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count	no data	1
Dual-link DVI support	no data	1

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	2.1	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GeForce 800A 1.23

Sky 500 12.30
+900%

Radeon Sky 500 outperforms GeForce 800A by 900% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GeForce 800A 476

Sky 500 4763
+901%

Radeon Sky 500 outperforms GeForce 800A by 901% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & Cons Summary

Performance score	1.23	12.30
Recency	17 March 2014	27 March 2013
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	150 Watt