Radeon 9000 PRO and Radeon 8500 - video card comparison
Radeon 9000 PRO
Radeon 8500
Architecture
Rage 7 (2001−2006)
Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code name
RV250
R200
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
July 2002
August 2001
Interface
AGP 4x
AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
275 MHz
275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
150 nm
150 nm
Number of transistors
36 million
60 million
Power consumption (TDP)
28 Watt
23 Watt
Texture fill rate
1.100
2.200
Memory type
DDR
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
64 MB
64 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
550 MHz
550 MHz
Memory bandwidth
8.8 GB/s
8.8 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
8.1
8.1
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
1.4
1.4
Vulkan
N/A
N/A