Radeon R7E Mobile Graphics vs ATI 8500

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1492not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.06no data
ArchitectureRage 7 (2001−2006)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameR200Wani
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date14 August 2001 (23 years ago)2016 (8 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 data384
Core clock speed275 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data626 MHz
Number of transistors60 million1,200 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate2.20015.02
ROPs48
TMUs824

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 4xIGP
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 typeDDRSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amount64 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed275 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth8.8 GB/sno 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-VideoPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX8.112 (12_0)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGL1.44.6
OpenCLN/A2.1
VulkanN/A1.2.170

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 150 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 15 Watt

R7E Mobile Graphics has a 435.7% more advanced lithography process, and 53.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 8500 and Radeon R7E Mobile Graphics. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 8500 is a desktop card while Radeon R7E Mobile Graphics is a notebook one.


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ATI Radeon 8500
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