NVIDIA Quadro P620 vs AMD Radeon R9 M290X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro P620 and AMD Radeon R9 M290X 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 Quadro P620

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 49% higher core clock speed: 1266 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • Around 50% higher boost clock speed: 1354 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 100 Watt
  • 4.2x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3636 vs 3256
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 548 vs 430
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3881 vs 2581
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6631 vs 2526
  • Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3881 vs 2581
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6631 vs 2526
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 February 2018 vs 9 January 2014
Core clock speed 1266 MHz vs 850 MHz
Boost clock speed 1354 MHz vs 900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt vs 100 Watt
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3636 vs 3256
PassMark - G2D Mark 548 vs 430
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3881 vs 2581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6631 vs 2526
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3881 vs 2581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6631 vs 2526

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M290X

  • Around 55% higher texture fill rate: 72 GTexel / s vs 46.56 GTexel / s
  • 2.5x more pipelines: 1280 vs 512
  • Around 55% better floating-point performance: 2,304 gflops vs 1,490 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 88% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 23514 vs 12475
  • Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 51.022 vs 43.877
  • Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 936.497 vs 773.248
  • Around 82% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.62 vs 3.082
  • Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 77.584 vs 53.425
  • Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 258.046 vs 184.343
  • Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6666 vs 3575
  • Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6666 vs 3575
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 72 GTexel / s vs 46.56 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 512
Floating-point performance 2,304 gflops vs 1,490 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 23514 vs 12475
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 51.022 vs 43.877
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 936.497 vs 773.248
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.62 vs 3.082
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 77.584 vs 53.425
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 258.046 vs 184.343
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6666 vs 3575
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6666 vs 3575

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro P620
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M290X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3636
3256
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
548
430
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
12475
23514
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
43.877
51.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
773.248
936.497
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.082
5.62
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
53.425
77.584
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
184.343
258.046
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3575
6666
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3881
2581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6631
2526
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3575
6666
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3881
2581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6631
2526
Name NVIDIA Quadro P620 AMD Radeon R9 M290X
PassMark - G3D Mark 3636 3256
PassMark - G2D Mark 548 430
Geekbench - OpenCL 12475 23514
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 43.877 51.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 773.248 936.497
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.082 5.62
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 53.425 77.584
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 184.343 258.046
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3575 6666
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3881 2581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6631 2526
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3575 6666
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3881 2581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6631 2526

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro P620 AMD Radeon R9 M290X

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP107 Neptune
Launch date 1 February 2018 9 January 2014
Place in performance rating 597 598
Price now $176.99
Type Workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 25.53
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1354 MHz 900 MHz
Core clock speed 1266 MHz 850 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,490 gflops 2,304 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 1280
Texture fill rate 46.56 GTexel / s 72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 3,300 million 2,800 million
Compute units 20

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None
Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 11
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 64.19 GB / s 153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore