AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop) vs ATI Radeon 8500

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop) 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop)

ATI Radeon 8500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 15 year(s) 8 month(s) later
4x more core clock speed: 1090-1175 MHz vs 275 MHz
37090.9x more texture fill rate: 81.60 GTexel/s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 150 nm
64x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 64 MB
12.7x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 550 MHz

Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 14 August 2001
Core clock speed	1090-1175 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 550 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 8500

3.5x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 60-80 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 60-80 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop)
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 8500

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop)	ATI Radeon 8500
Geekbench - OpenCL	19198
PassMark - G2D Mark		146
PassMark - G3D Mark		7

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop)	ATI Radeon 8500
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Rage 7
Code name	Baffin	R200
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	14 August 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$99.99
Place in performance rating	1135	1132
Price now	$104.99
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	50.84
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200-1275 MHz
Compute units	14/16
Core clock speed	1090-1175 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	2.6 TFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	1024
Pixel fill rate	20.40 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	896/1024
Texture fill rate	81.60 GTexel/s	2.2 GTexel / s
Texture Units	64
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60-80 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	3,000 million	60 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bridgeless CrossFire
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	AGP 4x
Laptop size	large
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	8.1
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	1.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)