ATI Radeon 8500 X4 vs RX Vega Mobile

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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
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code nameVega MobileR200
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2018 (6 years ago)no data

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 cores1792no data
Core clock speedno data250 MHz
Number of transistorsno data60 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)90 Watt92 Watt
Texture fill rateno data2.000
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 dataPCI-X
Lengthno data330 mm
Widthno data1-slot

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 typeHBM2DDR
Maximum RAM amount4 GB64 MB
Memory bus width2048 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data4 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 data2x DVI

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_18.1
OpenGLno data1.3
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 64 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 150 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 92 Watt

RX Vega Mobile has a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 971.4% more advanced lithography process, and 2.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega Mobile and Radeon 8500 X4. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega Mobile is a notebook card while Radeon 8500 X4 is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon RX Vega Mobile
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