ATI FirePro RG220 vs GeForce 8500 GT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1270not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency0.85no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameG86RV711
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date17 April 2007 (17 years ago)1 May 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$129 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1680
Core clock speed459 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors210 million242 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate3.6724.000
Floating-point processing power0.02938 TFLOPS0.08 TFLOPS
ROPs44
TMUs88

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length229 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount256 MB512 MB
Standard memory config per GPU256 MBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s51.2 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x DMS-59

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.04.1
OpenGL2.13.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 April 2007 1 May 2008
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 80 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 35 Watt

8500 GT has 16.7% lower power consumption.

ATI RG220, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 45.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8500 GT and FirePro RG220. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8500 GT is a desktop card while FirePro RG220 is a workstation one.


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