ATI Radeon 7500 vs ATI Radeon VE

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 7500 and ATI Radeon VE 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

ATI Radeon 7500

ATI Radeon VE

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 7500

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 58% higher core clock speed: 290 MHz vs 183 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 150 nm vs 180 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 64 MB vs 32 MB
Around 26% higher memory clock speed: 460 MHz vs 366 MHz
Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3 vs 2

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 August 2001 vs 19 February 2001
Core clock speed	290 MHz vs 183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	64 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	460 MHz vs 366 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3 vs 2

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon VE

315.5x more texture fill rate: 549 MTexel / s vs 1.74 GTexel / s
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 36 vs 35

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	549 MTexel / s vs 1.74 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	36 vs 35

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 7500
GPU 2: ATI Radeon VE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	ATI Radeon 7500	ATI Radeon VE
PassMark - G3D Mark	3	2
PassMark - G2D Mark	35	36

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 7500	ATI Radeon VE
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Rage 6
Code name	RV200	Rage 6
Launch date	14 August 2001	19 February 2001
Place in performance rating	1658	1659
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	290 MHz	183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	1.74 GTexel / s	549 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	60 million	30 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 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	7.0
OpenGL	1.3	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	7.36 GB / s	2.928 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	460 MHz	366 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR