ATI Radeon X1600 PRO vs NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1600 PRO and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon X1600 PRO

NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1600 PRO

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 459 MHz
8.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 273 vs 32

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 October 2007 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 459 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	273 vs 32

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Around 80% higher texture fill rate: 3.6 billion / sec vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 41 Watt
Around 3% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 780 MHz
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 149 vs 99

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	3.6 billion / sec vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 41 Watt
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 780 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	149 vs 99

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1600 PRO
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

149

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

273

Name	ATI Radeon X1600 PRO	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	99	149
PassMark - G2D Mark	273	32
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		996

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1600 PRO	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	R500	Tesla
Code name	RV530	G86
Launch date	1 October 2007	17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$129
Place in performance rating	634	1657
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	459 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	80 nm
Texture fill rate	2 GTexel / s	3.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	41 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	157 million	210 million
Floating-point performance		29.376 gflops
Pipelines		16
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	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		229 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	10.0
OpenGL	2.0	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.48 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	780 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
SLI