ATI Radeon 9700 PRO X4 vs ATI Radeon 8500 XT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon 9700 PRO X4 and ATI Radeon 8500 XT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI Radeon 9700 PRO X4

ATI Radeon 8500 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9700 PRO X4

Videocard is newer: launch date 0 month(s) later
Around 8% higher core clock speed: 325 MHz vs 300 MHz
17.8x more texture fill rate: 4x 2.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2.4 GTexel / s
4x more maximum memory size: 4x 128 MB vs 128 MB
Around 3% higher memory clock speed: 620 MHz vs 600 MHz

Launch date	1 July 2002 vs 1 June 2002
Core clock speed	325 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	4x 2.6 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	4x 128 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	620 MHz vs 600 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon 9700 PRO X4	ATI Radeon 8500 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 8	Rage 7
Code name	R300	R250
Launch date	1 July 2002	1 June 2002
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	325 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	4x 2.6 GTexel / s billion / sec	2.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	110 million	60 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		25 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DVI	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	2x Molex	None
API support
DirectX	9.0	8.1
OpenGL	2.0	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4x 128 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	4x 19.84 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	4x 256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	620 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR