NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR vs ATI Radeon 8500 X4

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR and ATI Radeon 8500 X4. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

GeForce 256 DDR

GeForce 256 DDR

Radeon 8500 X4

Graphics Processor (GPU)

NV10	GPU Name	R200
Celsius	Architecture	Rage 7
TSMC	Foundry	TSMC
220 nm	Process Size	150 nm
17 million	Transistors	60 million
139 mm²	Die Size	120 mm²

Graphics Card

Dec 23rd, 1999	Release Date	Never Released
GeForce 256	Family	Radeon R200 (8500)
End-of-life	Production	End-of-life
TNT2	Predecessor	Radeon R100
AGP 4x	Bus Interface	PCI-X

Memory

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

Clock Speeds

150 MHz 300 Mbps effective	Memory Clock	250 MHz 500 Mbps effective
120 MHz	GPU Clock	250 MHz

Render Config

4	TMUs	8 x4
4	ROPs	4 x4
4	Pixel Shaders	4 x4
N/A	Vertex Shaders	2 x4

Board Design

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

API support

7.0	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