ATI Radeon 8500 vs GeForce GT 610 PCIe x1

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1499
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.06
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code nameGF119R200
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date2 April 2012 (12 years ago)14 August 2001 (23 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 cores48no data
Core clock speed810 MHz275 MHz
Number of transistors292 million60 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)29 Watt23 Watt
Texture fill rate6.4802.200
Floating-point processing power0.1555 TFLOPSno data
ROPs44
TMUs88

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 x1AGP 4x
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 amount512 MB64 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz275 MHz
Memory bandwidth8 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)8.1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.61.4
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2012 14 August 2001
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 64 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 150 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 29 Watt 23 Watt

GT 610 PCIe x1 has an age advantage of 10 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 275% more advanced lithography process.

ATI 8500, on the other hand, has 26.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 610 PCIe x1 and Radeon 8500. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 PCIe x1
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