GeForce 205 OEM vs 820A

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking995not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.58no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameGF117GT218
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date17 March 2014 (10 years ago)26 November 2009 (15 years ago)

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 cores9616
Core clock speed775 MHz589 MHz
Number of transistors585 million260 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt31 Watt
Texture fill rate12.404.712
Floating-point processing power0.2976 TFLOPS0.04486 TFLOPS
ROPs84
TMUs168

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 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s6.4 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.11.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 March 2014 26 November 2009
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 31 Watt

GeForce 820A has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 106.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 820A and GeForce 205 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 820A is a notebook card while GeForce 205 OEM is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 820A
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