ATI Radeon 8500 vs GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	116	not rated
Place by popularity	76	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	31.71	no data
Power efficiency	14.65	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code name	GP104	R200
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	2 November 2017 (7 years ago)	14 August 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	2432	no data
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	275 MHz
Boost clock speed	1683 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	7,200 million	60 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	180 Watt	23 Watt
Texture fill rate	255.8	2.200
Floating-point processing power	8.186 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	64	4
TMUs	152	8

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 3.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None

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	GDDR5	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz	275 MHz
Memory bandwidth	256.3 GB/s	8.8 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI	+	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

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no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	8.1
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.4
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	6.1	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 November 2017	14 August 2001
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	16 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	180 Watt	23 Watt

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