Radeon Graphics 448SP vs GeForce 8500 GT
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1325 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.01 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 1.05 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | GCN 5.1 (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | G86 | Renoir |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 17 April 2007 (18 years ago) | 6 January 2020 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $129 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 16 | 448 |
| Core clock speed | 459 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1900 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 210 million | 9,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 3.672 | 53.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.02938 TFLOPS | 1.702 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| TMUs | 8 | 28 |
| L2 Cache | 32 KB | no data |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | IGP |
| Length | 229 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
| SLI options | + | - |
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 | GDDR3 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | System Shared |
| Standard memory config per GPU | 256 MB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 400 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 12.8 GB/s | no data |
| 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 | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | Motherboard Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.7 (6.4) |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 1.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 17 April 2007 | 6 January 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 80 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | 15 Watt |
Graphics 448SP has an age advantage of 12 years, a 1043% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 8500 GT and Radeon Graphics 448SP. We've got no test results to judge.
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