ATI Radeon 8500 vs NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 8500 and NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra 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

NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 8500

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 10% higher core clock speed: 275 MHz vs 250 MHz
Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 2.2 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 150 nm vs 180 nm
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 550 MHz vs 460 MHz
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7 vs 6

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 August 2001 vs 14 August 2000
Core clock speed	275 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	2.2 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm vs 180 nm
Memory clock speed	550 MHz vs 460 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7 vs 6

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 147 vs 146

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	147 vs 146

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 8500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

146

147

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	ATI Radeon 8500	NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra
PassMark - G2D Mark	146	147
PassMark - G3D Mark	7	6

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 8500	NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 7	Celsius
Code name	R200	NV15 A4
Launch date	14 August 2001	14 August 2000
Place in performance rating	1121	1122
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Core clock speed	275 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	180 nm
Texture fill rate	2.2 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt
Transistor count	60 million	25 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
Length		183 mm
API support
DirectX	8.1	7.0
OpenGL	1.4	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	8.8 GB / s	7.36 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	550 MHz	460 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR