ATI Radeon 9550 vs ATI Radeon 8500
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9550 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9550
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
- 5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 35 vs 7
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 1 October 2003 vs 14 August 2001 |
Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm vs 150 nm |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 35 vs 7 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 8500
- Around 10% higher core clock speed: 275 MHz vs 250 MHz
- 2.2x more texture fill rate: 2.2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
- Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 550 MHz vs 400 MHz
- Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 146 vs 145
Specifications (specs) | |
Core clock speed | 275 MHz vs 250 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 2.2 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s |
Memory clock speed | 550 MHz vs 400 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 146 vs 145 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9550
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 8500
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | ATI Radeon 9550 | ATI Radeon 8500 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 35 | 7 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 145 | 146 |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Radeon 9550 | ATI Radeon 8500 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Rage 8 | Rage 7 |
Code name | RV350 | R200 |
Launch date | 1 October 2003 | 14 August 2001 |
Place in performance rating | 1133 | 1136 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 250 MHz | 275 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 150 nm |
Texture fill rate | 1 GTexel / s | 2.2 GTexel / s |
Transistor count | 76 million | 60 million |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 23 Watt | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | AGP 8x | AGP 4x |
Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0 | 8.1 |
OpenGL | 2.0 | 1.4 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 64 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 6.4 GB / s | 8.8 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 400 MHz | 550 MHz |
Memory type | DDR | DDR |