Radeon RX 7700S vs ATI 8500

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated111
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data28.25
ArchitectureRage 7 (2001−2006)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameR200Navi 33
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date14 August 2001 (23 years ago)4 January 2023 (1 year 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 data2048
Core clock speed275 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2500 MHz
Number of transistors60 million13,300 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate2.200320.0
Floating-point processing powerno data20.48 TFLOPS
ROPs464
TMUs8128
Ray Tracing Coresno data32

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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfaceAGP 4xPCIe 4.0 x16
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 MB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed275 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth8.8 GB/s288.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno 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 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 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGL1.44.6
OpenCLN/A2.2
VulkanN/A1.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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.

ATI 8500 6
RX 7700S 15107
+251683%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 August 2001 4 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 64 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 150 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 100 Watt

ATI 8500 has 334.8% lower power consumption.

RX 7700S, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 21 year, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2400% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 8500 and Radeon RX 7700S. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 8500 is a desktop card while Radeon RX 7700S is a notebook one.


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