GeForce GT 220 vs Radeon R9 390 X2

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1212
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.67
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameGrenadaGT216
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date3 September 2015 (9 years ago)12 October 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,399 $79.99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores256048
Core clock speed1000 MHz625 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 million486 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)580 Watt58 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rate160.09.840
Floating-point processing power5.12 TFLOPS0.1277 TFLOPS
ROPs648
TMUs16016

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 supportno dataPCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width3-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors4x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount8 GB1 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1350 MHz790 MHz
Memory bandwidth345.6 GB/s25.3 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortVGADVIHDMI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataS/PDIF + HDA

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model6.34.1
OpenGL4.63.1
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 September 2015 12 October 2009
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 580 Watt 58 Watt

R9 390 X2 has an age advantage of 5 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

GT 220, on the other hand, has 900% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 390 X2 and GeForce GT 220. We've got no test results to judge.


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AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
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