NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 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: 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 620

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 49 Watt vs 105 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 158 vs 56
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 May 2012 vs 21 July 2008
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 49 Watt vs 105 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 158 vs 56

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

  • 2.1x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • 3x more texture fill rate: 33.6 billion / sec vs 11.2 billion / sec
  • Around 17% higher pipelines: 112 vs 96
  • Around 25% better floating-point performance: 336.0 gflops vs 268.8 gflops
  • 900x more memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 454 vs 383
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2845 vs 1162
  • Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3304 vs 1683
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2845 vs 1162
  • Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3304 vs 1683
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate 33.6 billion / sec vs 11.2 billion / sec
Pipelines 112 vs 96
Floating-point performance 336.0 gflops vs 268.8 gflops
Memory clock speed 900 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 454 vs 383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2845 vs 1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3304 vs 1683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2845 vs 1162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3304 vs 1683

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 620
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
383
454
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
158
56
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1162
2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1683
3304
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1162
2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1683
3304
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 383 454
PassMark - G2D Mark 158 56
Geekbench - OpenCL 1571
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 2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1683 3304
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 614
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1162 2845
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1683 3304

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Tesla
Code name GF108 G92
Launch date 15 May 2012 21 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $39.99 $160
Place in performance rating 1554 1063
Price now $39.99 $103.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 13.32 8.86

Technical info

Core clock speed 700 MHz 1500 MHz
CUDA cores 96 112
Floating-point performance 268.8 gflops 336.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 98 °C 105 °C
Pipelines 96 112
Texture fill rate 11.2 billion / sec 33.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 49 Watt 105 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 754 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal S / PDIF
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI, VGA 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0
Height 2.7" (6.9 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm) 9" (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
SLI options 2-way

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.2 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1.8 GB/s 900 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
CUDA
3D Vision
SLI