NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT vs ATI Radeon 7500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT and ATI Radeon 7500 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

ATI Radeon 7500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 58% higher core clock speed: 459 MHz vs 290 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 3.6 billion / sec vs 1.74 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 150 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 64 MB
Around 74% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 460 MHz
48.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 145 vs 3

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 April 2007 vs 14 August 2001
Core clock speed	459 MHz vs 290 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.6 billion / sec vs 1.74 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 460 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	145 vs 3

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 7500

Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 30 Watt
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 35 vs 32

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 30 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	35 vs 32

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 7500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

145

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT	ATI Radeon 7500
PassMark - G3D Mark	145	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	32	35
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	996

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT	ATI Radeon 7500
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 7
Code name	G86	RV200
Launch date	17 April 2007	14 August 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$129
Place in performance rating	1657	1658
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	459 MHz	290 MHz
Floating-point performance	29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	3.6 billion / sec	1.74 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	60 million
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	AGP 4x
Length	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	8.1
OpenGL	2.1	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	7.36 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	460 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Standard memory config per GPU	256 MB
Technologies
SLI