ATI Radeon 8500 LE vs ATI Mobility FireGL 9000

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 8500 LE and ATI Mobility FireGL 9000 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 8500 LE

ATI Mobility FireGL 9000

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 8500 LE

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
2x more texture fill rate: 2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 400 MHz

Launch date	4 February 2002 vs 1 January 2002
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 8500 LE	ATI Mobility FireGL 9000
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Rage 7
Code name	R200	M9
Launch date	4 February 2002	1 January 2002
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt
Transistor count	60 million	36 million
Boost clock speed		250 MHz
Pipelines		4
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 4x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	8.1	8.1
OpenGL	1.4	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	200 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR	128
Shared memory		0