RTX A500 vs ATI Xbox 360 GPU 80nm
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 308 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 20.39 |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | Xenos Falcon | GA107 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 27 October 2007 (17 years ago) | 10 November 2021 (3 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 cores | 240 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 1440 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1770 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 232 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 175 Watt | 60 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 8.000 | 113.3 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.24 TFLOPS | 7.25 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 32 |
| TMUs | 16 | 64 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 64 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 16 |
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).
| Interface | IGP | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 type | GDDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 22.4 GB/s | 112.0 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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | N/A | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 27 October 2007 | 10 November 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 80 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 175 Watt | 60 Watt |
RTX A500 has an age advantage of 14 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 900% more advanced lithography process, and 191.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Xbox 360 GPU 80nm and RTX A500. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xbox 360 GPU 80nm is a notebook card while RTX A500 is a workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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