ATI Radeon 8500 vs GeForce 8800 GTS 512

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking988not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.03no data
Power efficiency0.75no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code nameG92R200
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date11 December 2007 (16 years ago)14 August 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$349 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores128no data
Core clock speed650 MHz275 MHz
Number of transistors754 million60 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)135 Watt23 Watt
Texture fill rate41.602.200
Floating-point processing power0.416 TFLOPSno data
ROPs164
TMUs648

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16AGP 4x
Length254 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount512 MB64 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed820 MHz275 MHz
Memory bandwidth52.48 GB/s8.8 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)8.1
Shader Model4.0no data
OpenGL3.31.4
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

8800 GTS 512 564
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ATI 8500 6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 December 2007 14 August 2001
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 64 MB
Chip lithography 65 nm 150 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 135 Watt 23 Watt

8800 GTS 512 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 130.8% more advanced lithography process.

ATI 8500, on the other hand, has 487% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8800 GTS 512 and Radeon 8500. We've got no test results to judge.


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