ATI GameCube GPU vs ATI Radeon 8500

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Rage 7 (2001−2006)	Rage 5 (2000)
GPU code name	R200	Flipper
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	14 August 2001 (23 years ago)	24 August 2000 (24 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 speed	275 MHz	162 MHz
Number of transistors	60 million	51 million
Manufacturing process technology	150 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	2.200	0.65

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).

Interface	AGP 4x	IGP
Width	1-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	DDR	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	16 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	550 MHz	162 MHz
Memory bandwidth	8.8 GB/s	1.296 GB/s

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 Connectors

1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	8.1	6.0+
OpenGL	1.4	N/A
OpenCL	N/A	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	14 August 2001	24 August 2000
Maximum RAM amount	64 MB	16 MB
Chip lithography	150 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	45 Watt

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