Playstation 5 Pro GPU vs ATI Radeon 8500

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1499not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.06no data
ArchitectureRage 7 (2001−2006)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameR200Viola
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date14 August 2001 (23 years ago)7 November 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$699

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 data3840
Core clock speed275 MHz2180 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2350 MHz
Number of transistors60 million10,600 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt232 Watt
Texture fill rate2.200564.0
Floating-point processing powerno data36.1 TFLOPS
ROPs464
TMUs8240

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 4xno data
Lengthno data386 mm
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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount64 MB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed275 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth8.8 GB/s448.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x HDMI 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX8.1N/A
Shader Modelno dataN/A
OpenGL1.44.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 August 2001 7 November 2024
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 232 Watt

ATI 8500 has 908.7% lower power consumption.

Playstation 5 Pro GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 23 years, a 25500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 3650% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 8500 and Playstation 5 Pro GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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