Radeon 8500 and GeForce 256 SDR - video card comparison
Radeon 8500
GeForce 256 SDR
Architecture
Rage 7 (2001−2006)
Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name
R200
NV10 A3
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2001
October 1999
Interface
AGP 4x
AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
275 MHz
120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
150 nm
220 nm
Number of transistors
60 million
17 million
Power consumption (TDP)
23 Watt
-
Texture fill rate
2.200
0.48
Memory type
DDR
SDR
Maximum RAM amount
64 MB
32 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
550 MHz
143 MHz
Memory bandwidth
8.8 GB/s
1.144 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x VGA
DirectX
8.1
7.0
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
1.4
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
N/A