ATI Radeon 8500 vs R7 M370

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking708not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code nameLithoR200
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date5 May 2015 (9 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 cores384no data
Core clock speed900 MHz275 MHz
Boost clock speed960 MHzno data
Number of transistors690 million60 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data23 Watt
Texture fill rate23.042.200
Floating-point processing power0.7373 TFLOPSno data
ROPs84
TMUs248

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
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8AGP 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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount4 GB64 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz275 MHz
Memory bandwidth73.6 GB/s8.8 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 outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
PowerTune+-
DualGraphics+-
ZeroCore+-
Switchable graphics+-

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 128.1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.41.4
OpenCLNot ListedN/A
Vulkan-N/A
Mantle+-

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.

R7 M370 1417
+23517%
ATI 8500 6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 May 2015 14 August 2001
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 64 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 150 nm

R7 M370 has an age advantage of 13 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 M370 and Radeon 8500. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R7 M370 is a notebook card while Radeon 8500 is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon R7 M370
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