AeroBox GPU vs ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum

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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
ArchitectureR400 (2004−2008)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameR480Kryptos
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date21 December 2004 (19 years ago)13 March 2020 (4 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 coresno data896
Core clock speed540 MHz935 MHz
Boost clock speedno data985 MHz
Number of transistors160 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology130 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)67 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate8.64055.16
Floating-point processing powerno data1.765 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs1656

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16IGP
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed590 MHz1066 MHz
Memory bandwidth37.76 GB/s68.22 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-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0b (9_2)12 (11_1)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGL2.0N/A
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 December 2004 13 March 2020
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 67 Watt 100 Watt

ATI X850 XT Platinum has 49.3% lower power consumption.

AeroBox GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 15 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 712.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X850 XT Platinum and AeroBox GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon X850 XT Platinum is a desktop card while AeroBox GPU is a notebook one.


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