ATI Radeon 8500 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | R250 | NV34 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Rage 7 | Rankine |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 150 nm | 150 nm |
| Number of transistors | 60 million | 45 million |
| Die size | 68 mm² | 124 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Never Released | Mar 6th, 2003 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon R200 | GeForce FX |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | AGP 4x | AGP 8x |
| Predecessor | Radeon R100 | GeForce 4 Ti |
| Successor | Radeon R300 | GeForce 6 AGP |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 300 MHz | 200 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 300 MHz 600 Mbps effective | 166 MHz 332 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 128 MB | 64 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR | DDR |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 9.600 GB/s | 2.656 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 4 | 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 2 | 2 |
| TMUs | 8 | 4 |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 1.200 GPixel/s | 800.0 MPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 150.0 MVertices/s | 100.0 MVertices/s |
| Texture rate | 2.400 GTexel/s | 800.0 MTexel/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 25 W | unknown |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video | 1x VGA1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | None |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 8.1 | 9.0a |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| OpenCL | — | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Pixel shader | 1.4 | 2.0a |
| Vertex shader | 1.1 | 2.0a |
