GeForce 820A vs FirePro S9000

Place in performance ranking	358	945
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	4.32	0.02
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name	Tahiti	GF117
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	24 August 2012 (11 years ago)	17 March 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,499	no data
Current price	$433 (0.2x MSRP)	$238

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro S9000 has 21500% better value for money than GeForce 820A.

Detailed Specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1792	96
Core clock speed	900 MHz	775 MHz
Number of transistors	4,313 million	585 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	350 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	100.8	12.40
Floating-point performance	3,226 gflops	297.6 gflops

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	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Form factor	full height / full length	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	no data

Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	264 GB/s	14.4 GB/s

Connectivity and Outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort count	1	no data
Dual-link DVI support	1	no data

API Compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	no data	2.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FirePro S9000 13.07
+814%

GeForce 820A 1.43

FirePro S9000 outperforms GeForce 820A by 814% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

FirePro S9000 5059
+812%

GeForce 820A 555

FirePro S9000 outperforms GeForce 820A by 812% in Passmark.