ATI Radeon 8500 XT vs Tesla M6

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking333not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency11.18no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code nameGM204R250
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date30 August 2015 (9 years ago)1 June 2002 (22 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 cores1536no data
Core clock speed930 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed1180 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,200 million60 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate113.32.400
Floating-point processing power3.625 TFLOPSno data
ROPs644
TMUs968

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 3.0 x16AGP 4x
WidthMXM Module1-slot
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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount8 GB128 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz300 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.4 GB/s9.6 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)8.1
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.61.4
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA5.2-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 August 2015 1 June 2002
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 150 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 25 Watt

Tesla M6 has an age advantage of 13 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.

ATI 8500 XT, on the other hand, has 300% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Tesla M6 and Radeon 8500 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla M6 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon 8500 XT is a desktop one.


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