Radeon 9250 and Radeon 8500 XT - video card comparison
Radeon 9250
Radeon 8500 XT
Architecture
Rage 7 (2001−2006)
Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code name
RV280
R250
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2004
June 2002
Interface
AGP 8x
AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
240 MHz
300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
150 nm
150 nm
Number of transistors
36 million
60 million
Power consumption (TDP)
-
25 Watt
Texture fill rate
0.96
2.400
Memory type
DDR
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
64 MB
128 MB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
400 MHz
600 MBps
Memory bandwidth
3.2 GB/s
9.6 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