NVIDIA GeForce 6200 AGP vs ATI Radeon 8500 LE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 6200 AGP and ATI Radeon 8500 LE videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA GeForce 6200 AGP

ATI Radeon 8500 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6200 AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
460x more texture fill rate: 920 MTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB

Launch date	14 December 2003 vs 4 February 2002
Texture fill rate	920 MTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 8500 LE

Around 9% higher core clock speed: 250 MHz vs 230 MHz
3.8x more memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 132 MHz

Core clock speed	250 MHz vs 230 MHz
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 132 MHz

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 6200 AGP	ATI Radeon 8500 LE
Essentials
Architecture	Celsius	Rage 7
Code name	NV18 C1	R200
Launch date	14 December 2003	4 February 2002
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	230 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	920 MTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	29 million	60 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		23 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x VGA, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	8.0	8.1
OpenGL	1.3	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	1.056 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	132 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR	DDR