NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000 vs ATI Radeon 8500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000 and ATI Radeon 8500 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000

ATI Radeon 8500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 45% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 275 MHz
Around 45% higher texture fill rate: 3.2 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 130 nm vs 150 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 128 MB vs 64 MB
Around 45% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 550 MHz
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18 vs 7

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 January 2003 vs 14 August 2001
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 275 MHz
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	128 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	18 vs 7

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 8500

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

146

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000	ATI Radeon 8500
PassMark - G2D Mark	146	146
PassMark - G3D Mark	18	7

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000	ATI Radeon 8500
Essentials
Architecture	Rankine	Rage 7
Code name	NV30	R200
Launch date	21 January 2003	14 August 2001
Place in performance rating	1164	1165
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	150 nm
Texture fill rate	3.2 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	125 million	60 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		23 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	1x Molex	None
API support
DirectX	9.0a	8.1
OpenGL	1.5 (2.1)	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR