ATI Radeon 7500 LE vs ATI Radeon 8500

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 7500 LE 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 Radeon 7500 LE

ATI Radeon 8500

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 8500

Around 10% higher core clock speed: 275 MHz vs 250 MHz
Around 47% higher texture fill rate: 2.2 GTexel / s vs 1.5 GTexel / s
Around 57% higher memory clock speed: 550 MHz vs 350 MHz

Core clock speed	275 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.2 GTexel / s vs 1.5 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	550 MHz vs 350 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 7500 LE
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 8500

Name	ATI Radeon 7500 LE	ATI Radeon 8500
PassMark - G2D Mark		146
PassMark - G3D Mark		7

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 7500 LE	ATI Radeon 8500
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Rage 7
Code name	RV200	R200
Launch date	14 August 2001	14 August 2001
Place in performance rating	not rated	1121
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.5 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	60 million	60 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x VGA, 1x S-Video	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	1.3	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	5.6 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	350 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR