ATI Radeon 8500 XT vs GeForce GTX 760M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking662not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.65no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code nameGK106R250
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date30 May 2013 (11 years ago)1 June 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 cores768no data
Core clock speed657 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed657 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,540 million60 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate42.052.400
Floating-point processing power1.009 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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16AGP 4x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
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
Standard memory configurationGDDR5no data
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz300 MHz
Memory bandwidth64.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 3840x2160no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 3840x2160no data
HDMI+-
HDCP content protection+-
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI+-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming+-

Supported technologies

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

Blu-Ray 3D Support+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
3D Vision / 3DTV Play+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API8.1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.51.4
OpenCL1.1N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 May 2013 1 June 2002
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 150 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 25 Watt

GTX 760M has an age advantage of 10 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.

ATI 8500 XT, on the other hand, has 120% lower power consumption.

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

Be aware that GeForce GTX 760M is a notebook card while Radeon 8500 XT is a desktop one.


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