GeForce GT 620 vs Radeon HD 8490 OEM

GeForce GT 620
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 15 May 2012
GeForce GT 620
Radeon HD 8490 OEM
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 23 Jul 2013
Radeon HD 8490 OEM

Summary

Reasons to consider 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 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Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

No clear winner declared

We have no data to declare a winner at this time.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GT 620Radeon HD 8490 OEM
GPU NameGF108 (GF108-100-KB-A1)vsCaicos (Caicos XTX)
Fab Process40 nmvs40 nm
Die Size116 mm²vs67 mm²
Transistors585 millionvs370 million
Shaders96vs160
Compute Units2vs2
Core clock700 MHzvs875 MHz
ROPs4vs4
TMUs16vs8

Memory Configuration

GeForce GT 620Radeon HD 8490 OEM
Memory TypeDDR3vsDDR3
Bus Width64 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
vs900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GT 620Radeon HD 8490 OEM
TDP49 wattsvs35 watts
Release Date15 May 2012vs23 Jul 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GT 620
    2.80 GP/s
  • Radeon HD 8490 OEM
    3.50 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GT 620
    11.20 GT/s
  • Radeon HD 8490 OEM
    7.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GT 620
    14.40 GB/s
  • Radeon HD 8490 OEM
    14.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GT 620
    268.80 GFLOPs
  • Radeon HD 8490 OEM
    280.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better