Radeon R9 290X and GeForce GT 620 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Radeon R9 290X vs GeForce GT 620
Radeon R9 290X
7648
GeForce GT 620
388
Radeon R9 290X
GeForce GT 620
Architecture
GCN (2011−2017)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
Hawaii XT
GF108
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
October 2013
May 2012
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
PCI Express 2.0
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
None
Boost clock speed
947 MHz
-
Core clock speed
-
700 MHz
CUDA cores
-
96
Floating-point performance
5,632 gflops
268.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
6,200 million
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2816
96
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
49 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
98 °C
Texture fill rate
176.0
11.2 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
512 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
1250 MHz
1.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
14.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI, VGA
Multi monitor support
-
+
Eyefinity
+
-
HDMI
+
+
HDCP
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
DisplayPort support
+
-
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
DirectX® 12
12 (11_0)
CUDA
-
+
Mantle
-
-
OpenCL
2.0
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.2
Shader Model
6.3
5.1
Vulkan
+
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
-
+
AppAcceleration
+
-
CrossFire
1
-
DDMA audio
+
-
Enduro
-
-
FreeSync
1
-
HD3D
+
-
LiquidVR
1
-
PowerTune
-
-
TressFX
1
-
TrueAudio
+
-
UVD
+
-
ZeroCore
-
-