Radeon 9800 SE vs Quadro K620M

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	735	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Rage 8 (2002−2006)
GPU code name	GM108	R350
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	1 March 2015 (9 years ago)	1 March 2003 (21 year ago)
Current price	no data	$17.58

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	no data
Core clock speed	1029 MHz	378 MHz
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	no data	117 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	17.98	1.512
Floating-point performance	863.2 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro K620M and Radeon 9800 SE compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	AGP 8x
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	Floppy

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	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	594 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	19.01 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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 Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Display Port	1.2	no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus	+	no data
nView Display Management	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12	9.0 (9_0)
Shader Model	5	no data
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 March 2015	1 March 2003
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	150 nm

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