GeForce GT 620 vs Radeon R7 350

Place in the ranking	600	1112
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.02
Power efficiency	7.05	1.38
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	Cape Verde	GF108
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	6 July 2016 (8 years ago)	15 May 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$39.99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	512	96
Core clock speed	800 MHz	700 MHz
Number of transistors	1,500 million	585 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	49 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	98 °C
Texture fill rate	25.60	11.20
Floating-point processing power	0.8192 TFLOPS	0.2688 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	4
TMUs	32	16

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	no data	PCI Express 2.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	145 mm
Height	no data	2.7" (6.9 cm)
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	GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1125 MHz	1.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	14.4 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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI, VGA
Multi monitor support	no data	+
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	-	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	no data	Internal

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.2
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	-	+

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	5.58	0.97
Recency	6 July 2016	15 May 2012
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	49 Watt

R7 350 has a 475.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

GT 620, on the other hand, has 12.2% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R7 350 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 620 in performance tests.

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