ATI Radeon 8500 LE vs GeForce 2 Go (200 / 100)

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Architectureno dataRage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code nameNV11R200
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 March 2001 (23 years ago)4 February 2002 (22 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1no data
Core clock speedno data250 MHz
Boost clock speed166 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data60 million
Manufacturing process technology180 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)2 Watt23 Watt
Texture fill rateno data2.000
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data8

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataAGP 4x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDRDDR
Maximum RAM amount64 MB64 MB
Memory bus width32 / 64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed143 MHz250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data8 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXDDR8.1
OpenGLno data1.4
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2001 4 February 2002
Chip lithography 180 nm 150 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 2 Watt 23 Watt

2 Go (200 / 100) has 1050% lower power consumption.

ATI 8500 LE, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months, and a 20% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 2 Go (200 / 100) and Radeon 8500 LE. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 2 Go (200 / 100) is a notebook card while Radeon 8500 LE is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 2 Go (200 / 100)
GeForce 2 Go (200 / 100)
ATI Radeon 8500 LE
Radeon 8500 LE

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