ATI Radeon 8500 XT vs NVIDIA Quadro4 500 Go GL

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 8500 XT and NVIDIA Quadro4 500 Go GL 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 XT

NVIDIA Quadro4 500 Go GL

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 8500 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 36% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 220 MHz
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
2.7x more memory clock speed: 600 MHz vs 220 MHz

Launch date	1 June 2002 vs 23 April 2002
Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 220 MHz
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	600 MHz vs 220 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro4 500 Go GL

366.7x more texture fill rate: 880 MTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	880 MTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 8500 XT	NVIDIA Quadro4 500 Go GL
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Celsius
Code name	R250	NV17 A4
Launch date	1 June 2002	23 April 2002
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	300 MHz	220 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	2.4 GTexel / s	880 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt
Transistor count	60 million	29 million
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
API support
DirectX	8.1	8.0
OpenGL	1.4	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	9.6 GB / s	3.52 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	600 MHz	220 MHz
Memory type	DDR	SDR