NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M
VS
AMD Radeon R9 290X
NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M
VS
AMD Radeon R9 290X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M and AMD Radeon R9 290X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

896
Place in performance rating
191
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Value for money (0-100)
13.90
Fermi
Architecture
GCN
GF117
Code name
Hawaii
Laptop
Type
Desktop
1 October 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
24 October 2013 (8 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$549
$310
Price now
$24 (0x MSRP)
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Design
reference
0.04
Value for money
35.36
N13M-GS
GPU code name
Hawaii XT
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M and AMD Radeon R9 290X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

96
Pipelines
2816
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Boost Clock
947 MHz
585 million
Transistor count
6,200 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
15 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
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Texture fill rate
176.0
240.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
5,632 gflops
96
CUDA cores
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96
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2816
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Boost clock speed
947 MHz
585 million
Number of transistors
6,200 million
15 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
250 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M and AMD Radeon R9 290X.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
275 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
medium sized
Laptop size
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PCI Express 2.0
Bus support
PCIe 3.0

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M and AMD Radeon R9 290X can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
512 Bit
1800 MHz
Memory clock speed
1250 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M and AMD Radeon R9 290X, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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HDCP
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Up to 2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
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Eyefinity
+
+
HDMI
+
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DisplayPort support
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M and AMD Radeon R9 290X is the additional functionality.

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CUDA
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Optimus
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AppAcceleration
+
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CrossFire
1
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FreeSync
1
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HD3D
+
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LiquidVR
1
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PowerTune
-
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TressFX
1
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TrueAudio
+
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ZeroCore
-
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DDMA audio
+
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Enduro
-
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UVD
+
+
Verde Drivers
no data
+
3D Blu-Ray
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DirectX 11
DirectX 11
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+
DirectCompute
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M and AMD Radeon R9 290X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 API
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
N/A
Vulkan
+
5.1
Shader Model
6.3
1.1
OpenCL
2.0
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Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M and AMD Radeon R9 290X graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M or AMD Radeon R9 290X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M
AMD Radeon R9 290X
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M
AMD Radeon R9 290X
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M
AMD Radeon R9 290X
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M
AMD Radeon R9 290X
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M
AMD Radeon R9 290X
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M

Less power consumption (15 Watt vs 250 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 290X

32.37% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($24 (0x MSRP) vs $310)

More pipelines (2816 vs 96)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 1 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M or AMD Radeon R9 290X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 290X .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M versus AMD Radeon R9 290X performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M
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