ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500 vs ATI 9700 PRO

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRage 8 (2002−2007)Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code nameR300R200
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 July 2002 (22 years ago)14 November 2001 (23 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 speed325 MHz230 MHz
Number of transistors110 million60 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm150 nm
Texture fill rate2.6001.840
ROPs84
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).

InterfaceAGP 8xAGP 8x
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsFloppyNone

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 typeDDRDDR
Maximum RAM amount128 MB128 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed310 MHz190 MHz
Memory bandwidth19.84 GB/s6.08 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 DVI, 1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0 (9_0)8.1
OpenGL2.01.4
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 July 2002 14 November 2001

ATI 9700 PRO has an age advantage of 7 months.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 9700 PRO and All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500. We've got no test results to judge.


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