AMD Radeon R5 M420 vs ATI Radeon 8500

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M420 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. 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), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R5 M420

ATI Radeon 8500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M420

Videocard is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.8x more core clock speed: 780 MHz vs 275 MHz
7.8x more texture fill rate: 17.1 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
3.6x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 550 MHz
69.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 488 vs 7
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 154 vs 146

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 14 August 2001
Core clock speed	780 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.1 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	2000 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	488 vs 7
PassMark - G2D Mark	154 vs 146

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M420
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 8500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

488

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

154

146

Name	AMD Radeon R5 M420	ATI Radeon 8500
PassMark - G3D Mark	488	7
PassMark - G2D Mark	154	146
Geekbench - OpenCL	14165
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	972
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16.5
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2979
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3165
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3165

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 M420	ATI Radeon 8500
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rage 7
Code name	Jet	R200
Launch date	15 May 2016	14 August 2001
Place in performance rating	1124	1121
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	850 MHz
Core clock speed	780 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	547.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	17.1 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 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 x8	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	8.1
OpenGL	4.5	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR