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In short, we have a clear winner — Radeon R9 290 outperforms the cheaper GeForce GT 620 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Radeon R9 290 is 539 days newer than the cheaper GeForce GT 620.
Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 290
- Performs up to 900% better in Dying Light 2: Stay Human than GeForce GT 620 - 10 vs 1 FPS
- Up to 80% better value when playing Dying Light 2: Stay Human than GeForce GT 620 - $29.9 vs $149.0 per FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 - 4 vs 1 GB
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 620
- Up to 50% cheaper than Radeon R9 290 - $149.0 vs $299.0
- Consumes up to 82% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 290 - 49 vs 275 Watts
Dying Light 2: Stay Human
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High Quality Raytracing
Radeon R9 290
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013
FPS
10
100%
Value, $/FPS
$29.9/FPS
100%
Price, $
$299
49%
FPS and Value Winner
Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB GDDR5 Dual DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card (21227-00-40G)
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GeForce GT 620
Desktop • May 15th, 2012
FPS
1
10%
Value, $/FPS
$149/FPS
20.06711409395973%
Price, $
$149
100%
EVGA GeForce GT 620 1024MB DDR3 Dual DVI, mHDMI Graphics Cards 01G-P3-2621-KR
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In Stock
Updated 312269 minutes ago
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High Quality Raytracing
Radeon R9 290
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013
GeForce GT 620
Desktop • May 15th, 2012
Theoretical Performance
Radeon R9 290
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013
Pixel Fillrate
60.61 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
151.5 GTexel/s
100%
GeForce GT 620
Desktop • May 15th, 2012
Pixel Fillrate
2.8 GPixel/s
4.619699719518231%
Texel Fillrate
11.2 GTexel/s
7.3927392739273925%
AMD Radeon R9 290 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 |
|---|---|---|
Nov 5th, 2013 | Release Date | May 15th, 2012 |
| Volcanic Islands | Generation | GeForce 600 |
| $399 | MSRP | Not Available |
| 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
| 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | None |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 GB | Memory | 1 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | DDR3 |
| 512-bit | Bus | 64-bit |
320 GB/s | Bandwidth | 14.4 GB/s |
947 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 700 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
1250 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 900 MHz |
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