Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Watercooled vs GeForce GT 620

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1177	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.02	no data
Power efficiency	1.46	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code name	GF108	Vega 10
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	15 May 2012 (13 years ago)	13 July 2017 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$39.99	$1,489

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores	96	4096
Core clock speed	700 MHz	1382 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1600 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	49 Watt	375 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	11.20	409.6
Floating-point processing power	0.2688 TFLOPS	13.11 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	64
TMUs	16	256
L1 Cache	128 KB	1 MB
L2 Cache	128 KB	4 MB

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 support	PCI Express 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	267 mm
Height	2.7" (6.9 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin

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 type	DDR3	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	1.8 GB/s	945 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	483.8 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI, VGA	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray

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API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.125
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	15 May 2012	13 July 2017
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	49 Watt	375 Watt