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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce GT 220

7%
7%

AMD Radeon R9 290X

1444%
1444%
AMD Radeon R9 290X is approximately 1437% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce GT 220AMD Radeon R9 290X
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
G94
Hawaii
CoresDifferent
48
2816
TMUsDifferent
24
176
ROPsDifferent
8
64
Memory SizeDifferent
1024 MB
4 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR3
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
128 bit
512 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 220AMD Radeon R9 290X
GPU NameDifferent
G94
Hawaii
ArchitectureDifferent
Tesla
GCN 2.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
65 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
505 million
6,200 million
DensityDifferent
2.1M / mm²
14.2M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
240 mm²
438 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-1504
N/A
GPU VariantDifferent
N/A
Hawaii XT(215-0852000)

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 220AMD Radeon R9 290X
Release DateDifferent
Jan 26th, 2010
Oct 24th, 2013
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 200
Volcanic Islands(R9 200)
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 9
Sea Islands
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 400
Pirate Islands
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
27 in our database
147 in our database
Launch PriceDifferent
N/A
549 USD

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 220AMD Radeon R9 290X
GPU ClockDifferent
600 MHz
1000 MHz
Shader ClockDifferent
1500 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
700 MHz1400 Mbps effective
1250 MHz5 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 220AMD Radeon R9 290X
Memory SizeDifferent
1024 MB
4 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR3
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
128 bit
512 bit
BandwidthDifferent
22.40 GB/s
320.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 220AMD Radeon R9 290X
Shading UnitsDifferent
48
2816
TMUsDifferent
24
176
ROPsDifferent
8
64
SM CountDifferent
6
N/A
L2 CacheDifferent
64 KB
1024 KB
Compute UnitsDifferent
N/A
44
L1 CacheDifferent
N/A
16 KB (per CU)

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 220AMD Radeon R9 290X
Pixel RateDifferent
4.800 GPixel/s
64.00 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
14.40 GTexel/s
176.0 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)Different
144.0 GFLOPS
5.632 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
N/A
704.0 GFLOPS (1:8)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 220AMD Radeon R9 290X
Slot WidthDifferent
Single-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
168 mm6.6 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
TDPDifferent
58 W
290 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
250 W
600 W
OutputsDifferent
1x DVI1x HDMI1x VGA
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
None
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
P562 SKU 0
109-C67157-00_02, 109-C67157-00C_03
HeightDifferent
N/A
109 mm4.3 inches
WidthDifferent
N/A
36 mm1.4 inches

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce GT 220AMD Radeon R9 290X
DirectXDifferent
11.1 (10_0)
12 (12_0)
OpenGLDifferent
3.3
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
1.1
2.1
VulkanDifferent
N/A
1.2.170
CUDADifferent
1.1
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
4.0
6.5

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