Graphics card comparison
GeForce GT 620 vs Radeon HD 8490 OEM
Nvidia
GeForce GT 620
1024 Mb DDR3
Released 15 May 2012
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VS
AMD
Radeon HD 8490 OEM
1024 Mb DDR3
Released 23 Jul 2013
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Summary
Reasons to consider the GeForce GT 620
- Supports PhysX
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 8490 OEM
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GT 620 | Radeon HD 8490 OEM |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF108 (GF108-100-KB-A1) | Caicos (Caicos XTX) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 116 mm² | 67 mm² |
| Transistors | 585 million | 370 million |
| Shaders | 96 | 160 |
| Compute Units | 2 | 2 |
| Core clock | 700 MHz | 875 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| TMUs | 16 | 8 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GT 620 | Radeon HD 8490 OEM |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 620 | Radeon HD 8490 OEM |
|---|
| TDP | 49 watts | 35 watts |
| Release Date | 15 May 2012 | 23 Jul 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GT 6202.80 GP/s
- Radeon HD 8490 OEM3.50 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GT 62011.20 GT/s
- Radeon HD 8490 OEM7.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GT 62014.40 GB/s
- Radeon HD 8490 OEM14.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GT 620268.80 GFLOPs
- Radeon HD 8490 OEM280.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better