NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 vs AMD Radeon HD 6610M

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Combined performance score

HD 6610M
1.46
+50.5%

Radeon HD 6610M outperforms GeForce GT 620 by 51% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking9411071
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.020.01
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameWhistlerGF108
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date4 January 2011 (13 years old)15 May 2012 (11 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$39.99
Current price$338 $125 (3.1x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 6610M has 100% better value for money than GT 620.

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 cores48096
CUDA coresno data96
Core clock speed450 MHz700 MHz
Number of transistors716 million585 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)26 Watt49 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data98 °C
Texture fill rate10.8011.2 billion/sec
Floating-point performance432.0 gflops268.8 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).

Bus supportno dataPCI Express 2.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data5.7" (14.5 cm)
Heightno data2.7" (6.9 cm)
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1600 MHz1.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s14.4 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 ConnectorsNo outputsDual Link DVI-I, HDMI, VGA
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMIno data+
HDCPno data+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

Technologies

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

3D Blu-Rayno data+

API support

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.44.2
OpenCL1.21.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDAno data+

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.

HD 6610M 1.46
+50.5%
GT 620 0.97

Radeon HD 6610M outperforms GeForce GT 620 by 51% 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%

HD 6610M 565
+49.9%
GT 620 377

Radeon HD 6610M outperforms GeForce GT 620 by 50% 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 1.46 0.97
Recency 4 January 2011 15 May 2012
Power consumption (TDP) 26 Watt 49 Watt

The Radeon HD 6610M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 620 in performance tests.


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