Vega 10 vs GeForce GT 820M

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking936not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation0.02no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGF117Vega 10
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date27 November 2013 (10 years ago)no data
Current price$310 $12.39

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 cores964096
Core clock speed775 MHzno data
Number of transistors585 million12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattno data
Texture fill rate12.40no data
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 x16no data

Memory typeDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount1 GBno data
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1800 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/sno data

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 data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA2.1no data

Pros & Cons Summary


Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 820M and Vega 10. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M
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