NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT vs ATI Radeon VE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT and ATI Radeon VE 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 VE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 459 MHz vs 183 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 180 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 32 MB
2.2x more memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 366 MHz
69.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 139 vs 2

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 April 2007 vs 19 February 2001
Core clock speed	459 MHz vs 183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 366 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	139 vs 2

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon VE

152.5x more texture fill rate: 549 MTexel / s vs 3.6 billion / sec
Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 30 Watt
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 36 vs 33

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	549 MTexel / s vs 3.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 30 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	36 vs 33

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

139

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT	ATI Radeon VE
PassMark - G3D Mark	139	2
PassMark - G2D Mark	33	36
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	996

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT	ATI Radeon VE
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 6
Code name	G86	Rage 6
Launch date	17 April 2007	19 February 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$129
Place in performance rating	1657	1659
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	459 MHz	183 MHz
Floating-point performance	29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	180 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	3.6 billion / sec	549 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	30 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	7.0
OpenGL	2.1	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	2.928 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	366 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Standard memory config per GPU	256 MB
Technologies
SLI