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

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M  vs  AMD Radeon R9 290X.

896
Place in performance rating
191
no data
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

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M  vs  AMD Radeon R9 290X in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

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
no data
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

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M and AMD Radeon R9 290X come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

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
no data
PCI Express 2.0
Bus support
PCIe 3.0

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M vs AMD Radeon R9 290X.

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
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M vs AMD Radeon R9 290X.

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
+
no data
DisplayPort support
+

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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CUDA
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+
Optimus
no data
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AppAcceleration
+
no data
CrossFire
1
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FreeSync
1
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HD3D
+
no data
LiquidVR
1
no data
PowerTune
-
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TressFX
1
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TrueAudio
+
no data
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
no data
+
DirectCompute
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M and AMD Radeon R9 290X is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other 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
no data
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 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see 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

Overall benchmark performance

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332042 (100 %)

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User rating

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3.9 Out of 58 Hitesti Score