Radeon RX 7500 XT vs HD Graphics 505

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1115not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.73no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.0 (2015−2016)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameApollo Lake GT1.5Navi 33
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 September 2016 (8 years ago)2023 (1 year 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 cores1441024
Core clock speed200 MHz1452 MHz
Boost clock speed650 MHz2300 MHz
Number of transistors189 million13,300 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate11.70147.2
Floating-point processing power0.1872 TFLOPS9.421 TFLOPS
ROPs332
TMUs1864
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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).

InterfaceRing BusPCIe 4.0 x8
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

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 typeDDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB6 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared96 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared2250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data216.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-

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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.2
Vulkan1.31.3

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 100 Watt

HD Graphics 505 has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 900% lower power consumption.

RX 7500 XT, on the other hand, has a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 505 and Radeon RX 7500 XT. We've got no test results to judge.


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