ATI FireGL 8800 vs ATI Radeon 8500

Comparative analysis of ATI FireGL 8800 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

ATI FireGL 8800

ATI Radeon 8500

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL 8800

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 275 MHz
Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 2.4 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 5% higher memory clock speed: 580 MHz vs 550 MHz

Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	580 MHz vs 550 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI FireGL 8800
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 8500

Name	ATI FireGL 8800	ATI Radeon 8500
PassMark - G2D Mark		146
PassMark - G3D Mark		7

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI FireGL 8800	ATI Radeon 8500
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Rage 7
Code name	R200	R200
Launch date	14 August 2001	14 August 2001
Place in performance rating	not rated	1135
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	300 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s	2.2 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 DVI, 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	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	9.28 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	580 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR