ATI Fire GL3 vs ATI Radeon 8500 X4

What is the difference between ATI Fire GL3 and ATI Radeon 8500 X4. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Fire GL3

Radeon 8500 X4

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GT1000	GPU Name	R200
IBM	Architecture	Rage 7
IBM	Foundry	TSMC
180 nm	Process Size	150 nm
unknown	Transistors	60 million
100 mm²	Die Size	120 mm²

Graphics Card

Jun 1st, 2000	Release Date	Never Released
Fire GL	Family	Radeon R200 (8500)
End-of-life	Production	End-of-life
AGP 4x	Bus Interface	PCI-X

Memory

128 MB	Memory Size	64 MB x4
DDR	Memory Type	DDR
256 bit	Memory Bus	64 bit x4

Clock Speeds

125 MHz 250 Mbps effective	Memory Clock	250 MHz 500 Mbps effective
120 MHz	GPU Clock	250 MHz

Render Config

4	TMUs	8 x4
1	ROPs	4 x4
2	Pixel Shaders	4 x4
1	Vertex Shaders	2 x4

Board Design

unknown	Thermal design power (TDP)	92 W
200 W	Suggested PSU	250 W
1x DVI 1x VGA 1x S-Video	Display Connectors	2x DVI

API support

6.0	DirectX	8.1
1.2	OpenGL	1.3
N/A	OpenCL	N/A
N/A	Vulkan	N/A
N/A	Pixel Shader	1.4
N/A	Vertex Shader	1.1