GeForce GT 620 vs ATI FireGL V5600

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated1116
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.02
Power efficiencyno data1.36
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameRV630GF108
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date28 June 2007 (17 years ago)15 May 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 $39.99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores12096
Core clock speed800 MHz700 MHz
Number of transistors390 million585 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)89 Watt49 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data98 °C
Texture fill rate6.40011.20
Floating-point processing power0.192 TFLOPS0.2688 TFLOPS
ROPs44
TMUs816

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportno dataPCI Express 2.0
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data145 mm
Heightno data2.7" (6.9 cm)
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR4DDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1100 MHz1.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth35.2 GB/s14.4 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVIDual Link DVI-I, HDMI, VGA
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI-+
HDCP-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX10.0 (10_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL3.34.2
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 June 2007 15 May 2012
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 89 Watt 49 Watt

GT 620 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 62.5% more advanced lithography process, and 81.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FireGL V5600 and GeForce GT 620. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FireGL V5600 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GT 620 is a desktop one.


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