ATI Radeon 8500 LE vs GeForce 840M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking795not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.88no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code nameGM108R200
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date12 March 2014 (10 years ago)4 February 2002 (22 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 cores384no data
Core clock speed1029 MHz250 MHz
Boost clock speed1124 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data60 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)33 Watt23 Watt
Texture fill rate17.982.000
Floating-point processing power0.8632 TFLOPSno data
ROPs84
TMUs168

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8AGP 4x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount4 GB64 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1001 MHz250 MHz
Memory bandwidth16.02 GB/s8 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost2.0no data
Optimus+-
GameWorks+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)8.1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.51.4
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 March 2014 4 February 2002
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 64 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 150 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 23 Watt

GeForce 840M has an age advantage of 12 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.

ATI 8500 LE, on the other hand, has 43.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 840M and Radeon 8500 LE. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 840M is a notebook card while Radeon 8500 LE is a desktop one.


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