AMD Radeon R7 350 vs ATI Radeon 8500

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 350 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: 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon R7 350

ATI Radeon 8500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 350

Videocard is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.9x more core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 275 MHz
11.6x more texture fill rate: 25.6 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
8.2x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 550 MHz

Launch date	6 July 2016 vs 14 August 2001
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	25.6 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	4500 MHz vs 550 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 8500

2.4x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 55 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 55 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 350
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 8500

Name	AMD Radeon R7 350	ATI Radeon 8500
Geekbench - OpenCL	7719
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	25.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	647.813
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.719
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	44.6
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	109.558
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2072
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3122
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2072
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3122
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
PassMark - G2D Mark		146
PassMark - G3D Mark		7

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 350	ATI Radeon 8500
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rage 7
Code name	Cape Verde	R200
Launch date	6 July 2016	14 August 2001
Place in performance rating	1123	1121
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	819.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	512
Texture fill rate	25.6 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	60 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	8.1
OpenGL	4.5	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR