ATI Radeon 7500 vs ATI Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | RV200 | RV670 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | 215R7TZAGA12 | RV670 XT (215-0708005) |
| Architecture | Rage 7 | TeraScale |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 150 nm | 55 nm |
| Number of transistors | 60 million | 666 million |
| Die size | 83 mm² | 192 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Aug 14th, 2001 | Jun 12th, 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon R200 | Radeon R600 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | AGP 4x | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | Radeon R100 | Radeon R500 PCIe |
| Successor | Radeon R300 | Radeon R700 |
| Reviews | — | 80 in our database |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 290 MHz | 777 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 230 MHz 460 Mbps effective | 1126 MHz 2.3 Gbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 64 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR | GDDR4 |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 7.360 GB/s | 72.06 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 2 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 1 | — |
| TMUs | 6 | 16 |
| ROPs | 2 | 16 |
| Shading units | — | 320 |
| Compute units | — | 4 |
| Cache L2 | — | 256 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 580.0 MPixel/s | 12.43 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 72.50 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 1.740 GTexel/s | 12.43 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 497.3 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | — | 99.46 GFLOPS (1:5) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 23 W | 106 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 300 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video | 2x DVI1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
| Length | — | 241 mm 9.5 inches |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 7.0 | 10.1 (10_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 1.3 | 3.3 (full) 4.0 (partial) |
| OpenCL | — | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Pixel shader | 1.4 | — |
| Vertex shader | 1.1 | — |
| Shader model | — | 4.1 |
