Radeon RX 7800 XT vs HD Graphics 500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics 500 with Radeon RX 7800 XT, including specs and performance data.

HD Graphics 500
2015
8 GB DDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4, 10 Watt
0.77

RX 7800 XT outperforms HD Graphics 500 by a whopping 8101% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking115230
Place by popularitynot in top-10040
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data68.04
Power efficiency8.8016.46
ArchitectureGeneration 9.0 (2015−2016)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameApollo Lake GT1Navi 32
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 September 2015 (9 years ago)25 August 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499

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 cores963840
Core clock speed200 MHz1295 MHz
Boost clock speed650 MHz2430 MHz
Number of transistors189 million28,100 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt263 Watt
Texture fill rate7.800583.2
Floating-point processing power0.1248 TFLOPS37.32 TFLOPS
ROPs296
TMUs12240
Ray Tracing Coresno data60

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).

InterfaceRing BusPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 8-pin

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 typeDDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB16 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared2438 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data624.1 GB/s
Shared memory+-

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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.2
Vulkan1.31.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD Graphics 500 0.77
RX 7800 XT 63.15
+8101%

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.

HD Graphics 500 298
RX 7800 XT 24333
+8065%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

HD Graphics 500 482
RX 7800 XT 65611
+13512%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

HD Graphics 500 363
RX 7800 XT 49707
+13612%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

HD Graphics 500 3007
RX 7800 XT 202773
+6643%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

HD Graphics 500 24609
RX 7800 XT 745990
+2931%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD10
−2060%
216
+2060%
1440p1
−12100%
122
+12100%
4K0−170

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data2.31
1440pno data4.09
4Kno data7.13

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−8500%
258
+8500%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−3460%
178
+3460%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−3700%
110−120
+3700%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−6333%
193
+6333%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−15000%
150−160
+15000%
Hitman 3 5−6
−2380%
120−130
+2380%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−1842%
230−240
+1842%
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 110−120
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−4167%
250−260
+4167%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−384%
150−160
+384%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−5120%
261
+5120%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−3700%
110−120
+3700%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−5267%
161
+5267%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−15000%
150−160
+15000%
Hitman 3 5−6
−2380%
120−130
+2380%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−1842%
230−240
+1842%
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 110−120
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−6533%
398
+6533%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−1220%
130−140
+1220%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−384%
150−160
+384%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−2500%
130
+2500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−3700%
110−120
+3700%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−4833%
148
+4833%
Hitman 3 5−6
−2380%
120−130
+2380%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−2183%
274
+2183%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−5567%
340
+5567%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−1900%
200
+1900%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−368%
145
+368%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 110−120

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 140−150
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−9700%
95−100
+9700%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 119
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−9600%
97
+9600%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−7200%
70−75
+7200%
Hitman 3 7−8
−1186%
90−95
+1186%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−5325%
217
+5325%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−11650%
230−240
+11650%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−3400%
100−110
+3400%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 60−65

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−8800%
89
+8800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 72
Far Cry 5 0−1 40−45

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−3100%
60−65
+3100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 222
+0%
222
+0%
Battlefield 5 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 181
+0%
181
+0%
Battlefield 5 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 158
+0%
158
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 222
+0%
222
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 124
+0%
124
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Metro Exodus 148
+0%
148
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 243
+0%
243
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 147
+0%
147
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Hitman 3 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Metro Exodus 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 118
+0%
118
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 44
+0%
44
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 164
+0%
164
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 130
+0%
130
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 67
+0%
67
+0%

This is how HD Graphics 500 and RX 7800 XT compete in popular games:

  • RX 7800 XT is 2060% faster in 1080p
  • RX 7800 XT is 12100% faster in 1440p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Far Cry New Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX 7800 XT is 15000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX 7800 XT is ahead in 35 tests (55%)
  • there's a draw in 29 tests (45%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.77 63.15
Recency 1 September 2015 25 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 263 Watt

HD Graphics 500 has 2530% lower power consumption.

RX 7800 XT, on the other hand, has a 8101.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 7800 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 500 in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics 500 is a notebook card while Radeon RX 7800 XT is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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