Radeon 8500 XT and Curacao - video card comparison
Radeon 8500 XT
Curacao
Architecture
Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name
R250
Curacao
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2002
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Interface
AGP 4x
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Supplementary power connectors
None
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Core clock speed
300 MHz
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Manufacturing process technology
150 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
60 million
2,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
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1280
Power consumption (TDP)
25 Watt
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Texture fill rate
2.400
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Memory type
DDR
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Maximum RAM amount
128 MB
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Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory clock speed
600 MBps
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Memory bandwidth
9.6 GB/s
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Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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DirectX
8.1
12 (11_1)
OpenCL
N/A
2.1 (1.2)
OpenGL
1.4
4.6
Shader Model
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6.5 (5.1)
Vulkan
N/A
1.2.170