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.

ATI Radeon 7500 Mac Edition

NVIDIA Quadro4 500 XGL

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