Radeon R7 A260 vs ATI 8500 XT

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRage 7 (2001−2006)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameR250Topaz
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 June 2002 (22 years ago)2014 (10 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 coresno data384
Core clock speed300 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speedno data980 MHz
Number of transistors60 million1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Wattno data
Texture fill rate2.40023.52
ROPs48
TMUs824

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).

InterfaceAGP 4xPCIe 3.0 x8
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDRGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount128 MB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed300 MHz3.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth9.6 GB/s57.6 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX8.112 (12_0)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGL1.44.6
OpenCLN/A2.1
VulkanN/A1.2.170

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 28 nm

R7 A260 has a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.

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