Radeon Instinct MI300 vs GeForce 820A

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking949not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.02no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)CDNA 3.0
GPU code nameGF117Aqua Vanjaram
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 March 2014 (10 years ago)4 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Current price$238 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores9614080
Core clock speed775 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1700 MHz
Number of transistors585 million153,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt600 Watt
Texture fill rate12.401,496
Floating-point performance297.6 gflopsno data

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 5.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 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 typeDDR3HBM3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB128 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit8192 Bit
Memory clock speed1800 MHz3.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s3,277 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 graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)N/A
Shader Model5.1N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.1no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 March 2014 4 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 128 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 600 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce 820A and Radeon Instinct MI300. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce 820A
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