GRID K340 vs GeForce 820A

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 820A with GRID K340, including specs and performance data.

GeForce 820A
2014
1 GB DDR3, 15 Watt
1.44

GRID K340 outperforms 820A by a whopping 115% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking995760
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.04
Power efficiency6.580.94
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGF117GK107
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date17 March 2014 (10 years ago)23 July 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$3,299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores96384
Core clock speed775 MHz950 MHz
Number of transistors585 million1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate12.4030.40
Floating-point processing power0.2976 TFLOPS0.7296 TFLOPS
ROPs88
TMUs1632

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-pin

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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s28.8 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA2.13.0

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 1.44 3.10
Recency 17 March 2014 23 July 2013
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 225 Watt

GeForce 820A has an age advantage of 7 months, and 1400% lower power consumption.

GRID K340, on the other hand, has a 115.3% higher aggregate performance score.

The GRID K340 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 820A in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 820A is a notebook card while GRID K340 is a workstation one.


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