GeForce 800A vs Radeon 820M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon 820M and GeForce 800A, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Radeon 820M
2025
15 Watt
5.10
+390%

820M outperforms 800A by a whopping 390% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking6761148
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data5.34
ArchitectureRDNA 3.5 (2024−2025)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameKrackan PointGF119
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release dateMarch 2025 (1 year ago)17 March 2014 (12 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 cores12848
Core clock speed400 MHz475 MHz
Boost clock speed2800 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data292 million
Manufacturing process technology4 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate22.403.800
Floating-point processing power0.7168 TFLOPS0.0912 TFLOPS
ROPs44
TMUs88
Ray Tracing Cores2no data
L0 Cache32 KBno data
L1 Cache32 KB64 KB
L2 Cache1024 KB128 KB

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeSystem SharedDDR3
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared1 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared900 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data14.4 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.85.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.11.1
Vulkan1.4N/A
CUDA-2.1

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

Radeon 820M 5.10
+390%
GeForce 800A 1.04

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Radeon 820M 2205
+407%
Samples: 28
GeForce 800A 435
Samples: 8

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 HD10
+400%
2−3
−400%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 24−27
+500%
4−5
−500%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 21−24
+450%
4−5
−450%
Counter-Strike 2 24−27
+500%
4−5
−500%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+433%
3−4
−433%
Fortnite 30−35
+417%
6−7
−417%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+500%
4−5
−500%
Forza Horizon 5 14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20−22
+400%
4−5
−400%
Valorant 60−65
+425%
12−14
−425%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 21−24
+450%
4−5
−450%
Counter-Strike 2 24−27
+500%
4−5
−500%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 85−90
+394%
18−20
−394%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+433%
3−4
−433%
Fortnite 30−35
+417%
6−7
−417%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+500%
4−5
−500%
Forza Horizon 5 14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%
Grand Theft Auto V 16
+433%
3−4
−433%
Metro Exodus 10−11
+400%
2−3
−400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20−22
+400%
4−5
−400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Valorant 60−65
+425%
12−14
−425%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 21−24
+450%
4−5
−450%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+433%
3−4
−433%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+500%
4−5
−500%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20−22
+400%
4−5
−400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 30−35
+417%
6−7
−417%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 10−11
+400%
2−3
−400%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 40−45
+400%
8−9
−400%
Grand Theft Auto V 4−5 0−1
Metro Exodus 4−5 0−1
Valorant 55−60
+470%
10−11
−470%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Far Cry 5 10−11
+400%
2−3
−400%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+500%
2−3
−500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 10−11
+400%
2−3
−400%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
+433%
3−4
−433%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3 0−1
Valorant 24−27
+420%
5−6
−420%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 4−5 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%

This is how Radeon 820M and GeForce 800A compete in popular games:

  • Radeon 820M is 400% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.10 1.04
Chip lithography 4 nm 40 nm

Radeon 820M has a 390% higher aggregate performance score, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon 820M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 800A in performance tests.

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