ATI Radeon 7500 Mac Edition vs NVIDIA Quadro4 500 XGL

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 7500 Mac Edition and NVIDIA Quadro4 500 XGL videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 7500 Mac Edition

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 4% higher core clock speed: 260 MHz vs 250 MHz
  • Around 56% higher texture fill rate: 1.56 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
  • 2.2x more memory clock speed: 360 MHz vs 166 MHz
Launch date 16 April 2002 vs 19 February 2002
Core clock speed 260 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate 1.56 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed 360 MHz vs 166 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro4 500 XGL

  • 4x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 32 MB
Maximum memory size 128 MB vs 32 MB

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon 7500 Mac Edition NVIDIA Quadro4 500 XGL

Essentials

Architecture Rage 7 Celsius
Code name RV200 NV17 A3
Launch date 16 April 2002 19 February 2002
Place in performance rating not rated not rated
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 260 MHz 250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 150 nm 150 nm
Texture fill rate 1.56 GTexel / s 1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 23 Watt
Transistor count 60 million 29 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface AGP 4x AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors None None
Length 168 mm

API support

DirectX 8.1 8.0
OpenGL 1.3 1.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 32 MB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 5.76 GB / s 2.656 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 360 MHz 166 MHz
Memory type DDR SDR

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