Radeon E9172 MXM vs ATI 7500

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRage 7 (2001−2006)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameRV200Lexa
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date14 August 2001 (23 years ago)3 October 2017 (7 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 data512
Core clock speed290 MHz1124 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1219 MHz
Number of transistors60 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate1.74039.01
Floating-point processing powerno data1.248 TFLOPS
ROPs216
TMUs632

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).

InterfaceAGP 4xMXM-A (3.0)
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 typeDDRGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount64 MB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed230 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth7.36 GB/s48 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX7.012 (12_0)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGL1.34.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 August 2001 3 October 2017
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 35 Watt

ATI 7500 has 52.2% lower power consumption.

E9172 MXM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 16 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 971.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 7500 and Radeon E9172 MXM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 7500 is a desktop card while Radeon E9172 MXM is a notebook one.


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