AMD Radeon R5 M315 vs ATI Radeon 8500

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M315 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

AMD Radeon R5 M315

ATI Radeon 8500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M315

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 8 month(s) later
3.5x more core clock speed: 970 MHz vs 275 MHz
10.6x more texture fill rate: 23.28 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
64x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 64 MB
Around 82% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 550 MHz
67.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 474 vs 7
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 152 vs 146

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 14 August 2001
Core clock speed	970 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	23.28 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	474 vs 7
PassMark - G2D Mark	152 vs 146

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M315
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 8500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

474

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

152

146

Name	AMD Radeon R5 M315	ATI Radeon 8500
PassMark - G3D Mark	474	7
PassMark - G2D Mark	152	146
Geekbench - OpenCL	3573
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	780
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	780
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2761
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2761

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 M315	ATI Radeon 8500
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Rage 7
Code name	Meso	R200
Design	AMD Radeon R5 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	14 August 2001
Place in performance rating	1135	1132
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Compute units	5
Core clock speed	970 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	745.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	23.28 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	3,100 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
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	8.1
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.4	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DualGraphics
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore