AMD Radeon Sky 900 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 620

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Sky 900 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

AMD Radeon Sky 900

NVIDIA GeForce GT 620

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Sky 900

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 700 MHz
188.1x more texture fill rate: 2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 11.2 billion / sec
37.3x more pipelines: 3584 vs 96
25.3x better floating-point performance: 2x 3,405 gflops vs 268.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 1 GB
5000x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s

Launch date	27 March 2013 vs 15 May 2012
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 11.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	3584 vs 96
Floating-point performance	2x 3,405 gflops vs 268.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 620

6.1x lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1683 vs 1654
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1683 vs 1654

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	49 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1683 vs 1654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1683 vs 1654

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Sky 900
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 620

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1654

1683

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1654

1683

Name	AMD Radeon Sky 900	NVIDIA GeForce GT 620
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1654	1683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1654	1683
PassMark - G3D Mark		377
PassMark - G2D Mark		159
Geekbench - OpenCL		1544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		4.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		83.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.371
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		6.791
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		17.41
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1162
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1162

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Sky 900	NVIDIA GeForce GT 620
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi
Code name	Tahiti	GF108
Launch date	27 March 2013	15 May 2012
Place in performance rating	1544	1545
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$39.99
Price now		$39.99
Value for money (0-100)		13.32
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz
Core clock speed	825 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 3,405 gflops	268.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	3584	96
Texture fill rate	2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec	11.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	49 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	585 million
CUDA cores		96
Maximum GPU temperature		98 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI, VGA
Dual-link DVI support
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI Express 2.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	305 mm	5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None
Height		2.7" (6.9 cm)
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	480 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1.8 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
CUDA