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).
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
- 72.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 145 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 | 145 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 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 36 vs 32
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 32 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
GPU 2: ATI Radeon VE
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT | ATI Radeon VE |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 145 | 2 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 32 | 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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | AGP 4x |
Length | 229 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.0 | 7.0 |
OpenGL | 2.1 | 1.3 |
Memory |
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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 |
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