ATI Radeon 8500 vs ATI Radeon 7000

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 8500 and ATI Radeon 7000 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

ATI Radeon 8500

ATI Radeon 7000

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 8500

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 50% higher core clock speed: 275 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 50% higher memory clock speed: 550 MHz vs 366 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 146 vs 144

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 August 2001 vs 19 February 2001
Core clock speed	275 MHz vs 183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	64 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	550 MHz vs 366 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	146 vs 144

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 7000

249.5x more texture fill rate: 549 MTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9 vs 7

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	549 MTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9 vs 7

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 8500
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 7000

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

146

144

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	ATI Radeon 8500	ATI Radeon 7000
PassMark - G2D Mark	146	144
PassMark - G3D Mark	7	9

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 8500	ATI Radeon 7000
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Rage 6
Code name	R200	RV100
Launch date	14 August 2001	19 February 2001
Place in performance rating	1136	1137
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	275 MHz	183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	2.2 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	1.4	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	8.8 GB / s	2.928 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	550 MHz	366 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR