ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500 vs NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti500

Comparative analysis of ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500 and NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti500 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.

ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500

NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti500

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB

Launch date	14 November 2001 vs 1 October 2001
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti500

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 240 MHz vs 230 MHz
Around 4% higher texture fill rate: 1.92 GTexel / s vs 1.84 GTexel / s
Around 32% higher memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 380 MHz

Core clock speed	240 MHz vs 230 MHz
Texture fill rate	1.92 GTexel / s vs 1.84 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 380 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti500

Name	ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500	NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti500
PassMark - G3D Mark		3
PassMark - G2D Mark		116

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500	NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti500
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Kelvin
Code name	R200	NV20 A5
Launch date	14 November 2001	1 October 2001
Place in performance rating	not rated	1294
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Core clock speed	230 MHz	240 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.84 GTexel / s	1.92 GTexel / s
Transistor count	60 million	57 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		183 mm
API support
DirectX	8.1	8.0
OpenGL	1.4	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.08 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	380 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR