ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO vs GeForce GT 625 OEM

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GT 625 OEM and Radeon HD 2900 PRO, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GT 625 OEM
2013
1 GB DDR3, 29 Watt
1.14

ATI HD 2900 PRO outperforms GT 625 OEM by a considerable 43% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1074956
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.690.56
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameGF119R600
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date18 February 2013 (11 years ago)12 December 2007 (17 years ago)

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 cores48320
Core clock speed874 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors292 million720 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)29 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate6.9929.600
Floating-point processing power0.1678 TFLOPS0.384 TFLOPS
ROPs416
TMUs816

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length168 mm241 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 8-pin

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 typeDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed825 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth13.2 GB/s51.2 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)10.0 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.1-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

GT 625 OEM 1.14
ATI HD 2900 PRO 1.63
+43%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

GT 625 OEM 439
ATI HD 2900 PRO 627
+42.8%

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.14 1.63
Recency 18 February 2013 12 December 2007
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 80 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 29 Watt 200 Watt

GT 625 OEM has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 589.7% lower power consumption.

ATI HD 2900 PRO, on the other hand, has a 43% higher aggregate performance score.

The Radeon HD 2900 PRO is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 625 OEM in performance tests.


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