GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB vs ATI Radeon 7500 LE
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 99 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 15.40 |
| Architecture | Rage 7 (2001−2006) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | RV200 | TU106 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 14 August 2001 (23 years ago) | 7 December 2021 (3 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 | no data | 2176 |
| Core clock speed | 250 MHz | 1470 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1650 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 60 million | 10,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 23 Watt | 184 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1.500 | 224.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 7.181 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 48 |
| TMUs | 6 | 136 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 272 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 34 |
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 | AGP 4x | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 229 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 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 type | DDR | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 175 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 5.6 GB/s | 336.0 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 Connectors | 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 7.0 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 1.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 7.5 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 14 August 2001 | 7 December 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 12 GB |
| Chip lithography | 150 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 23 Watt | 184 Watt |
ATI 7500 LE has 700% lower power consumption.
RTX 2060 12 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 20 years, a 19100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1150% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon 7500 LE and GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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