ATI Radeon 9600 SE vs ATI Radeon 8500

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9600 SE 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 9600 SE

ATI Radeon 8500

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9600 SE

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 275 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
3.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 27 vs 7

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 October 2003 vs 14 August 2001
Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	27 vs 7

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 8500

Around 69% higher texture fill rate: 2.2 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 550 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 146 vs 143

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2.2 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	550 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	146 vs 143

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon 9600 SE
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 8500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

143

146

Name	ATI Radeon 9600 SE	ATI Radeon 8500
PassMark - G3D Mark	27	7
PassMark - G2D Mark	143	146

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9600 SE	ATI Radeon 8500
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 8	Rage 7
Code name	RV350	R200
Launch date	1 October 2003	14 August 2001
Place in performance rating	1133	1135
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	1.3 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	76 million	60 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		23 Watt
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	3.2 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	400 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR