ATI Radeon 8500 XT vs HD 7480D
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1165 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.77 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 3 (2010−2013) | Rage 7 (2001−2006) |
| GPU code name | Scrapper Lite | R250 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 2 October 2012 (12 years ago) | 1 June 2002 (22 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $53 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 128 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 723 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 800 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,303 million | 60 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 25 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 6.400 | 2.400 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.2048 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| TMUs | 8 | 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 | IGP | AGP 4x |
| Width | IGP | 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 | System Shared | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 128 MB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 300 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 9.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | no 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 Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 8.1 |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 1.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 2 October 2012 | 1 June 2002 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 25 Watt |
HD 7480D has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 368.8% more advanced lithography process.
ATI 8500 XT, on the other hand, has 160% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7480D and Radeon 8500 XT. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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