ATI Radeon 8500 XT vs GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking406not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.76no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code nameGP107BR250
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 January 2017 (7 years ago)1 June 2002 (22 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores640no data
Core clock speed1354 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed1493 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,300 million60 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt25 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate59.722.400
Floating-point processing power1.911 TFLOPSno data
ROPs164
TMUs408

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16AGP 4x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount4000 MB128 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed7008 MHz300 MHz
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s9.6 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsDP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support+no data
HDCP2.2-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream+-
GPU Boost3.0no data
Ansel+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)8.1
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.51.4
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 January 2017 1 June 2002
Maximum RAM amount 4000 MB 128 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 150 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 25 Watt

GTX 1050 Mobile has an age advantage of 14 years, a 3025% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 971.4% more advanced lithography process.

ATI 8500 XT, on the other hand, has 200% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile and Radeon 8500 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile is a notebook card while Radeon 8500 XT is a desktop one.


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