ATI Radeon 9500 vs ATI Radeon 8500

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9500 and ATI Radeon 8500 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 9500

ATI Radeon 8500

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9500

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 23 Watt
5.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 36 vs 7
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 173 vs 146

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2003 vs 14 August 2001
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 23 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	36 vs 7
PassMark - G2D Mark	173 vs 146

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 8500

2x more texture fill rate: 2.2 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Around 2% higher memory clock speed: 550 MHz vs 540 MHz

Texture fill rate	2.2 GTexel / s vs 1.1 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	550 MHz vs 540 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9500
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 8500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

173

146

Name	ATI Radeon 9500	ATI Radeon 8500
PassMark - G3D Mark	36	7
PassMark - G2D Mark	173	146

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9500	ATI Radeon 8500
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 8	Rage 7
Code name	R300	R200
Launch date	1 March 2003	14 August 2001
Place in performance rating	1028	1165
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	275 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.1 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	110 million	60 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 8x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	9.0	8.1
OpenGL	2.0	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	17.28 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	540 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR