Radeon RX 6850M XT vs ATI 7500 LE

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated75
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data19.17
ArchitectureRage 7 (2001−2006)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameRV200Navi 22
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date14 August 2001 (23 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 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 coresno data2560
Core clock speed250 MHz2321 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2581 MHz
Number of transistors60 million17,200 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt165 Watt
Texture fill rate1.500413.0
Floating-point processing powerno data13.21 TFLOPS
ROPs264
TMUs6160
Ray Tracing Coresno data40

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfaceAGP 4xPCIe 4.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount64 MB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed175 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth5.6 GB/s384.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX7.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGL1.34.6
OpenCLN/A2.1
VulkanN/A1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 August 2001 4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 165 Watt

ATI 7500 LE has 617.4% lower power consumption.

RX 6850M XT, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 20 years, a 19100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2042.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 7500 LE and Radeon RX 6850M XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 7500 LE is a desktop card while Radeon RX 6850M XT is a notebook one.


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