ATI Radeon 8500 vs HD 8990 OEM
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1555 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 0.04 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | Rage 7 (2001−2006) |
| GPU code name | Malta | R200 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 24 April 2013 (12 years ago) | 14 August 2001 (24 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | no data |
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 | 2048 ×2 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 950 MHz | 275 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 4,313 million | 60 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 375 Watt | 23 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 128.0 ×2 | 2.200 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.096 TFLOPS ×2 | no data |
| ROPs | 32 ×2 | 4 |
| TMUs | 128 ×2 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | 512 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 768 KB | no 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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | AGP 4x |
| Length | 307 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | 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 | GDDR5 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB ×2 | 64 MB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit ×2 | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | 275 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 288.0 GB/s ×2 | 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 | 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 8.1 |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 1.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 24 April 2013 | 14 August 2001 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | 64 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 375 Watt | 23 Watt |
HD 8990 OEM has an age advantage of 11 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.
ATI 8500, on the other hand, has 1530.4% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8990 OEM and Radeon 8500. We've got no test results to judge.
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