Radeon 8500 vs HD Graphics

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularity67not in top-100
ArchitectureGeneration 7.0 (2012)Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code nameIvy Bridge GT1R200
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 April 2012 (12 years ago)14 August 2001 (22 years ago)
Current price$286 $9.49

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 cores48no data
Core clock speed166 MHz275 MHz
Boost clock speed1050 MHzno data
Number of transistors392 million60 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt23 Watt
Texture fill rate6.3002.200
Floating-point performance15.6 gflopsno 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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16AGP 4x
WidthIGP1-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 typeSystem SharedDDR
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared64 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared550 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data8.8 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (11_0)8.1
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.01.4
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.80N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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%

HD Graphics 143
+2283%
ATI 8500 6

HD Graphics outperforms Radeon 8500 by 2283% in Passmark.

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2012 14 August 2001
Chip lithography 22 nm 150 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 23 Watt

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics and Radeon 8500. We've got no test results to judge.


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