Radeon RX Vega 9 vs ATI 8500 LE

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated606
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data25.35
ArchitectureRage 7 (2001−2006)Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code nameR200Vega Raven Ridge
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date4 February 2002 (22 years ago)26 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 data576
Core clock speed250 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1300 MHz
Number of transistors60 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology150 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate2.000no data
ROPs4no data
TMUs8no 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).

InterfaceAGP 4xno data
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 typeDDRno data
Maximum RAM amount64 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed250 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth8 GB/sno data
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 DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Videono data

API compatibility

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

DirectX8.112_1
OpenGL1.4no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 February 2002 26 October 2017
Chip lithography 150 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 15 Watt

RX Vega 9 has an age advantage of 15 years, a 971.4% more advanced lithography process, and 53.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 8500 LE and Radeon RX Vega 9. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 8500 LE is a desktop card while Radeon RX Vega 9 is a notebook one.


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