NVIDIA GeForce 830A vs AMD Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)

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Combined performance score

R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)
3.05
+3.7%

Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) outperforms GeForce 830A by 4% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking722740
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN (2011−2017)Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code nameKaveri SpectreGM108
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date14 January 2014 (10 years old)22 July 2014 (9 years old)

Technical specs

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 cores512256
Core clock speed720 MHz1082 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1150 MHz
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data33 Watt
Texture fill rateno data18.40
Floating-point performanceno data588.8 gflops

Size and 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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x8
Widthno dataIGP

Memory

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 typeno dataDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data2 GB
Memory bus widthno data64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1800 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data14.4 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

Video outputs and ports

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 dataNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkanno data1.1.126
CUDAno data5.0

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD18
+12.5%
16−18
−12.5%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Battlefield 5 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+20%
10−11
−20%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Hitman 3 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Battlefield 5 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+20%
10−11
−20%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Hitman 3 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Metro Exodus 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Battlefield 5 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6
+20%
5−6
−20%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Hitman 3 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
Metro Exodus 1−2 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Hitman 3 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
+20%
5−6
−20%

This is how R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) and GeForce 830A compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) is 12.5% faster than GeForce 830A

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.05 2.94
Recency 14 January 2014 22 July 2014

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) and GeForce 830A. The differences in performance seem too small.


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