Radeon 8500 and GeForce FX 5800 Ultra - video card comparison
Radeon 8500
GeForce FX 5800 Ultra
Architecture
Rage 7 (2001−2006)
Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name
R200
NV30
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2001
March 2003
Interface
AGP 4x
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x Molex
Core clock speed
275 MHz
500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
150 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
60 million
125 million
Power consumption (TDP)
23 Watt
-
Texture fill rate
2.200
4.000
Memory type
DDR
GDDR2
Maximum RAM amount
64 MB
128 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
550 MHz
1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
8.8 GB/s
16 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
8.1
9.0a
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
1.4
1.5 (2.1)
Vulkan
N/A
N/A