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).

 

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 376
PassMark - G2D Mark 158
Geekbench - OpenCL 1555
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 1549 1550
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