ATI Radeon 8500 XT vs GeForce GTX 760

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking399not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.51no data
Power efficiency5.02no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code nameGK104R250
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date25 June 2013 (11 years ago)1 June 2002 (22 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$249 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 cores1152no data
Core clock speed980 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed1033 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,540 million60 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt25 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate99.072.400
Floating-point processing power2.378 TFLOPSno data
ROPs324
TMUs968

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).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16AGP 4x
Length241 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot1-slot
Minimum recommended system power500 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount2 GB128 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz300 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s9.6 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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

Blu Ray 3D+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-
PhysX+-
3D Vision Live+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)8.1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.31.4
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 June 2013 1 June 2002
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 150 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 25 Watt

GTX 760 has an age advantage of 11 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.

ATI 8500 XT, on the other hand, has 580% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 760 and Radeon 8500 XT. We've got no test results to judge.


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