Radeon R9 290X2 vs GeForce GT 625 OEM

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1133not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.76no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameGF119Hawaii
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date18 February 2013 (12 years ago)24 June 2014 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,399

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 cores482816 ×2
Core clock speed874 MHz1000 MHz
Number of transistors292 million6,200 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)29 Watt580 Watt
Texture fill rate6.992176.0 ×2
Floating-point processing power0.1678 TFLOPS5.632 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs464 ×2
TMUs8176 ×2
L1 Cache64 KB704 KB
L2 Cache128 KB1024 KB

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone4x 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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB4 GB ×2
Memory bus width64 Bit512 Bit ×2
Memory clock speed825 MHz1350 MHz
Memory bandwidth13.2 GB/s345.6 GB/s ×2

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.3
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA2.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 February 2013 24 June 2014
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 29 Watt 580 Watt

GT 625 OEM has 1900% lower power consumption.

R9 290X2, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 625 OEM and Radeon R9 290X2. We've got no test results to judge.

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NVIDIA GeForce GT 625 OEM
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