ATI Radeon 8500 vs HD 8650G + HD 8670M Dual Graphics

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking805not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataRage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code nameno dataR200
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 August 2013 (11 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 cores768no data
Core clock speed720 / 775 MHz275 MHz
Number of transistorsno data60 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data23 Watt
Texture fill rateno data2.200
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data8

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataAGP 4x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amountno data64 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1800 - 2000 MHz275 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data8.8 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 Connectorsno data1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX118.1
OpenGLno data1.4
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 August 2013 14 August 2001
Chip lithography 28 nm 150 nm

HD 8650G + HD 8670M Dual Graphics has an age advantage of 11 years, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8650G + HD 8670M Dual Graphics and Radeon 8500. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8650G + HD 8670M Dual Graphics is a notebook card while Radeon 8500 is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon HD 8650G + HD 8670M Dual Graphics
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