Radeon 625 OEM vs R9 295X2
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 303 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 2.17 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 3.21 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | Vesuvius | Polaris 24 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Design | reference | no data |
| Release date | 29 April 2014 (11 years ago) | 13 May 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,499 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 2816 ×2 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 1024 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1018 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 6,200 million | 1,550 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 500 Watt | 35 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 179.2 ×2 | 24.58 |
| Floating-point processing power | 5.733 TFLOPS ×2 | 0.7864 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 ×2 | 8 |
| TMUs | 176 ×2 | 24 |
| L1 Cache | 704 KB | 96 KB |
| L2 Cache | 1024 KB | 128 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).
| Bus support | PCIe 2.1 x16 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Length | 307 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2 x 8-pin | None |
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 | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB ×2 | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 512 Bit ×2 | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 1125 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 640 GB/s ×2 | 36 GB/s |
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 | 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort | No outputs |
| Eyefinity | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| CrossFire | + | - |
| FreeSync | + | - |
| HD3D | + | - |
| LiquidVR | + | - |
| TressFX | + | - |
| UVD | + | - |
| DDMA audio | + | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DirectX® 12 | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | 6.5 (6.0) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | + | 1.2.170 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 29 April 2014 | 13 May 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 500 Watt | 35 Watt |
R9 295X2 has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.
625 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, and 1328.6% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 295X2 and Radeon 625 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
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