ATI Radeon 8500 vs 520

Place in the ranking	899	1515
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.78	0.03
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code name	Banks	R200
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	18 April 2017 (7 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 cores	320	no data
Core clock speed	1030 MHz	275 MHz
Number of transistors	690 million	60 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	23 Watt
Texture fill rate	20.60	2.200
Floating-point processing power	0.6592 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	8	4
TMUs	20	8

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 4x
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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 type	GDDR5	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1125 MHz	275 MHz
Memory bandwidth	36 GB/s	8.8 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 Connectors

No outputs

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

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	8.1
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.4
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A

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.

Radeon 520 1.76
+17500%

ATI 8500 0.01

Passmark

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.

Radeon 520 787
+13017%

ATI 8500 6

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 HD

-0−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset
Full HD
Medium Preset
Full HD
High Preset
Full HD
Ultra Preset
Full HD
Epic Preset
1440p
High Preset
1440p
Ultra Preset
1440p
Epic Preset
4K
High Preset
4K
Ultra Preset
4K
Epic Preset

Counter-Strike 2	2−3	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	0−1
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6	0−1

Battlefield 5	5−6	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	2−3	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4	0−1
Fortnite	8−9	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	10−11	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	2−3	0−1
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−12	0−1
Valorant	35−40	0−1

Battlefield 5	5−6	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	2−3	0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	35−40	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	0−1
Dota 2	19	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4	0−1
Fortnite	8−9	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	10−11	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	2−3	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	4−5	0−1
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6	0−1
Metro Exodus	3−4	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−12	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10	0−1
Valorant	35−40	0−1

Battlefield 5	5−6	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	0−1
Dota 2	18	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	10−11	0−1
Hogwarts Legacy	5−6	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−12	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6	0−1
Valorant	35−40	0−1

Fortnite

8−9

0−1

Counter-Strike 2	1−2	0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	12−14	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	0−1	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	18−20	0−1
Valorant	14−16	0−1

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	6−7	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	4−5	0−1
Hogwarts Legacy	2−3	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4	0−1

Fortnite

3−4

0−1

Grand Theft Auto V	14−16	0−1
Valorant	10−11	0−1

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Dota 2	4−5	0−1
Far Cry 5	4−5	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	3−4	0−1

Fortnite

3−4

0−1

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.76	0.01
Recency	18 April 2017	14 August 2001
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	23 Watt

Radeon 520 has a 17500% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 15 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.

ATI 8500, on the other hand, has 117.4% lower power consumption.

The Radeon 520 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 8500 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon 520 is a notebook card while Radeon 8500 is a desktop one.