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.

 

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

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