FirePro A320 vs GeForce GT 620M
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1148 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 5.28 | no data |
| Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | TeraScale 3 (2010−2013) |
| GPU code name | GF108 | Trinity GL |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 23 August 2012 (13 years ago) | 6 June 2012 (13 years ago) |
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 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | Up to 625 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 715 MHz | 955 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 585 million | 1,303 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 10.56 | 22.92 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.2534 TFLOPS | 0.7334 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| TMUs | 16 | 24 |
| L1 Cache | 128 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | no data |
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).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Bus support | PCI Express 2.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | IGP |
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 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | Up to 128bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | Up to 28.8 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
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 | No outputs | No outputs |
| HDMI | + | - |
| HDCP | + | - |
| Maximum VGA resolution | Up to 2048x1536 | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| 3D Blu-Ray | + | - |
| Optimus | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 API | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 August 2012 | 6 June 2012 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 100 Watt |
GT 620M has an age advantage of 2 months, and 566.7% lower power consumption.
FirePro A320, on the other hand, has a 25% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 620M and FirePro A320. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GT 620M is a notebook graphics card while FirePro A320 is a workstation one.
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