ATI FireGL 8700 vs ATI Radeon 7500 LE

Comparative analysis of ATI FireGL 8700 and ATI Radeon 7500 LE videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI FireGL 8700

ATI Radeon 7500 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL 8700

Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 2 GTexel / s vs 1.5 GTexel / s
Around 54% higher memory clock speed: 540 MHz vs 350 MHz

Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s vs 1.5 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	540 MHz vs 350 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireGL 8700	ATI Radeon 7500 LE
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Rage 7
Code name	R200	RV200
Launch date	14 August 2001	14 August 2001
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	1.5 GTexel / s
Transistor count	60 million	60 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		23 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA	1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	8.1	8.1
OpenGL	1.4	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	8.64 GB / s	5.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	540 MHz	350 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR