NVIDIA Quadro FX Go540 vs ATI Radeon 8500 XT

What is the difference between NVIDIA Quadro FX Go540 and ATI Radeon 8500 XT. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

NV43GPU NameR250
CurieArchitectureRage 7
TSMCFoundryTSMC
110 nmProcess Size150 nm
146 millionTransistors60 million
154 mm²Die Size68 mm²

Graphics Card

Aug 9th, 2004Release DateNever Released
Quadro FX GoFamilyRadeon R200
(8500)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
Quadro4 GoPredecessorRadeon R100
MXM-IIBus InterfaceAGP 4x

Memory

128 MBMemory Size128 MB
DDRMemory TypeDDR
128 bitMemory Bus128 bit
7.200 GB/sBandwidth9.600 GB/s

Performance

2.400 GPixel/sPixel fillrate1.200 GPixel/s
300.0 MVertices/sVertex fillrate150.0 MVertices/s
2.400 GTexel/sTexture fillrate2.400 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

225 MHz
450 Mbps effective
Memory Clock300 MHz
600 Mbps effective
300 MHzGPU Clock300 MHz

Render Config

8TMUs8
8ROPs4
8Pixel Shaders4
4Vertex Shaders2

Board Design

MXM ModuleSlot WidthSingle-slot
25 WThermal design power (TDP)25 W
No outputsDisplay Connectors1x DVI
1x VGA
1x S-Video

API support

9.0c (9_3)DirectX8.1
2.0 (full)
2.1 (partial)
OpenGL1.4
N/AOpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A