GeForce 820A vs Radeon Pro Duo
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon Pro Duo with GeForce 820A, including specs and performance data.
Pro Duo outperforms 820A by a whopping 1427% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 314 | 1069 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 2.07 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 4.49 | 6.86 |
| Architecture | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | Capsaicin | GF117 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Design | reference | no data |
| Release date | 26 April 2016 (10 years ago) | 17 March 2014 (12 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,499 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 4096 ×2 | 96 |
| Compute units | 128 | no data |
| Core clock speed | no data | 775 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 8,900 million | 585 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 350 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 256.0 ×2 | 12.40 |
| Floating-point processing power | 8.192 TFLOPS ×2 | 0.2976 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 ×2 | 8 |
| TMUs | 256 ×2 | 16 |
| L1 Cache | 1 MB | 128 KB |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 128 KB |
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 support | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 277 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 3x 8-pin | no 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 type | High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB ×2 | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 4096 Bit ×2 | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 500 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 512 GB/s ×2 | 14.4 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | No outputs |
| Eyefinity | + | - |
| Number of Eyefinity displays | 6 | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| DisplayPort support | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| AppAcceleration | + | - |
| CrossFire | + | - |
| Enduro | + | - |
| FRTC | + | - |
| FreeSync | + | - |
| HD3D | + | - |
| LiquidVR | + | - |
| PowerTune | + | - |
| TressFX | + | - |
| TrueAudio | + | - |
| ZeroCore | + | - |
| UVD | + | - |
| VCE | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DirectX® 12 | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.0 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | + | N/A |
| Mantle | + | - |
| CUDA | - | 2.1 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 20.31 | 1.33 |
| Recency | 26 April 2016 | 17 March 2014 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 1 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 350 Watt | 15 Watt |
Pro Duo has a 1427% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount.
GeForce 820A, on the other hand, has 2233% lower power consumption.
The Radeon Pro Duo is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 820A in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon Pro Duo is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 820A is a notebook one.
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