GeForce3 Ti500 vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9000

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
ArchitectureRage 7 (2001−2006)Kelvin (2001−2003)
GPU code nameM9NV20 A5
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 September 2002 (22 years ago)1 October 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$349

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 cores5no data
Core clock speed240 MHz240 MHz
Boost clock speed240 MHzno data
Number of transistors36 million57 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm150 nm
Texture fill rate0.961.920
ROPs44
TMUs48

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).

InterfaceAGP 4xAGP 4x
Lengthno data183 mm
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 width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed200 MHz250 MHz
Memory bandwidth3.2 GB/s8 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 outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX8.18.0
OpenGL1.41.3
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2002 1 October 2001

ATI Mobility 9000 has an age advantage of 11 months.

We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon 9000 and GeForce3 Ti500. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon 9000 is a notebook card while GeForce3 Ti500 is a desktop one.


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