GeForce 7050 + nForce 610i vs ATI Radeon 7500

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)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameRV200C73
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date14 August 2001 (23 years ago)13 January 2008 (16 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.

Core clock speed290 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors60 million112 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Wattno data
Texture fill rate1.7401.000
ROPs22
TMUs62

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 4xPCI
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDRSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amount64 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed230 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth7.36 GB/sno 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX7.09.0c (9_3)
Shader Modelno data3.0
OpenGL1.32.1
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 August 2001 13 January 2008
Chip lithography 150 nm 90 nm

7050 + nForce 610i has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 66.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 7500 and GeForce 7050 + nForce 610i. We've got no test results to judge.


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