ATI Radeon 8500 vs ATI HD 4720
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1550 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 0.03 |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | Rage 7 (2001−2006) |
| GPU code name | RV730 | R200 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 11 December 2011 (13 years ago) | 14 August 2001 (24 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 cores | 320 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 275 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 514 million | 60 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | 23 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 19.20 | 2.200 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.384 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 8 | 4 |
| TMUs | 32 | 8 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | AGP 4x |
| Length | 193 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 type | GDDR3 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 64 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 667 MHz | 275 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 21.34 GB/s | 8.8 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 8.1 |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 1.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 11 December 2011 | 14 August 2001 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 64 MB |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | 23 Watt |
ATI HD 4720 has an age advantage of 10 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 172.7% more advanced lithography process.
ATI 8500, on the other hand, has 139.1% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 4720 and Radeon 8500. We've got no test results to judge.
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