NVIDIA GeForce GT 625 OEM vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP

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Combined performance score

ATI HD 3850 AGP
1.11

GeForce GT 625 OEM outperforms Radeon HD 3850 AGP by 2% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking10391034
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data0.03
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameRV670GF119
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date3 January 2008 (16 years old)18 February 2013 (11 years old)
Current priceno data$100
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores32048
Core clock speed668 MHz874 MHz
Number of transistors666 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt29 Watt
Texture fill rate10.696.992
Floating-point performance427.5 gflops167.8 gflops

Size and 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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

Memory

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 typeGDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1656 MHz1650 MHz
Memory bandwidth52.99 GB/s13.2 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 DVI, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x HDMI
HDMIno data+

API support

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model4.15.1
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDAno data2.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

ATI HD 3850 AGP 1.11
GT 625 OEM 1.13
+1.8%

GeForce GT 625 OEM outperforms Radeon HD 3850 AGP by 2% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

ATI HD 3850 AGP 432
GT 625 OEM 439
+1.6%

GeForce GT 625 OEM outperforms Radeon HD 3850 AGP by 2% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.11 1.13
Recency 3 January 2008 18 February 2013
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 29 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 3850 AGP and GeForce GT 625 OEM. The differences in performance seem too small.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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