ATI Radeon 9250 vs GeForce GT 620

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1114	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.02	no data
Power efficiency	1.38	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code name	GF108	RV280
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	15 May 2012 (12 years ago)	1 March 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$39.99	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	96	no data
Core clock speed	700 MHz	240 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	36 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	49 Watt	no data
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	11.20	0.96
Floating-point processing power	0.2688 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	4	4
TMUs	16	4

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	PCI Express 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	145 mm	no data
Height	2.7" (6.9 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	DDR3	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1.8 GB/s	200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	3.2 GB/s

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	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI, VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	8.1
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.2	1.4
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	15 May 2012	1 March 2004
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	150 nm

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