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.

 

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
146
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
18
7
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 1119 1121
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