Quadro K200M vs Radeon 8500 LE

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Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRage 7 (2001−2006)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameR200GK107
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date4 February 2002 (22 years ago)22 August 2014 (9 years ago)
Current price$292 no data

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 coresno data192
Core clock speed250 MHz850 MHz
Number of transistors60 million1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate2.00013.60
Floating-point performanceno data326.4 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon 8500 LE and Quadro K200M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

InterfaceAGP 4xMXM-A (3.0)
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDRDDR3
Maximum RAM amount64 MB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth8 GB/s12.8 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX8.112 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGL1.44.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDAno data3.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 February 2002 22 August 2014
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 35 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon 8500 LE and Quadro K200M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 8500 LE is a desktop card while Quadro K200M is a mobile workstation one.


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