AMD FirePro W5130M vs ATI Radeon 8500

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W5130M and ATI Radeon 8500 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD FirePro W5130M

ATI Radeon 8500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5130M

Videocard is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 1 month(s) later
3.3x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 275 MHz
13.5x more texture fill rate: 29.6 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 64 MB
7.3x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 550 MHz
201.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1410 vs 7
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 301 vs 146

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 October 2015 vs 14 August 2001
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	29.6 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1410 vs 7
PassMark - G2D Mark	301 vs 146

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W5130M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 8500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1410

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

301

146

Name	AMD FirePro W5130M	ATI Radeon 8500
PassMark - G3D Mark	1410	7
PassMark - G2D Mark	301	146
Geekbench - OpenCL	5038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	22.588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	505.57
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.885
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	89.784
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1879
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2090
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2582
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1879
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2090
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2582

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W5130M	ATI Radeon 8500
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rage 7
Code name	Tropo	R200
Launch date	2 October 2015	14 August 2001
Place in performance rating	1138	1120
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	947.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	29.6 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,500 million	60 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		23 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 4x
Laptop size	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	8.1
OpenGL	4.5	1.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro