GeForce GT 820M vs Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

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Aggregate performance score

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
2020
15 Watt
9.07
+517%

Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) outperforms GeForce GT 820M by a whopping 517% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking449944
Place by popularity40not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.02
ArchitectureVega (2017−2021)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameVegaGF117
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2020 (4 years ago)27 November 2013 (10 years ago)
Current priceno data$310

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores51296
Core clock speedno data775 MHz
Boost clock speed2100 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data585 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rateno data12.40
Floating-point performanceno data297.6 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and GeForce GT 820M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16

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 typeno dataDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data1 GB
Memory bus widthno data64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1800 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data14.4 GB/s
Shared memory-no 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 dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkanno dataN/A
CUDAno data2.1

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 HD23
+667%
3−4
−667%
1440p16
+700%
2−3
−700%
4K10
+900%
1−2
−900%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 19
+533%
3−4
−533%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
+533%
3−4
−533%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 20
+567%
3−4
−567%
Battlefield 5 27−30
+600%
4−5
−600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%
Cyberpunk 2077 14
+600%
2−3
−600%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+600%
3−4
−600%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+525%
4−5
−525%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+529%
7−8
−529%
Hitman 3 15
+650%
2−3
−650%
Horizon Zero Dawn 44
+529%
7−8
−529%
Metro Exodus 35
+600%
5−6
−600%
Red Dead Redemption 2 33
+560%
5−6
−560%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 32
+540%
5−6
−540%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21
+600%
3−4
−600%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
+533%
3−4
−533%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16
+700%
2−3
−700%
Battlefield 5 27−30
+600%
4−5
−600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%
Cyberpunk 2077 10
+900%
1−2
−900%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+600%
3−4
−600%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+525%
4−5
−525%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+529%
7−8
−529%
Hitman 3 16
+700%
2−3
−700%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
+550%
6−7
−550%
Metro Exodus 25
+525%
4−5
−525%
Red Dead Redemption 2 25
+525%
4−5
−525%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27
+575%
4−5
−575%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21
+600%
3−4
−600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+560%
5−6
−560%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
+533%
3−4
−533%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14
+600%
2−3
−600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
+800%
1−2
−800%
Far Cry 5 21−24
+600%
3−4
−600%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+529%
7−8
−529%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24
+700%
3−4
−700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 23
+667%
3−4
−667%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
+600%
2−3
−600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12
+1100%
1−2
−1100%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21
+600%
3−4
−600%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+650%
2−3
−650%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 11
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Cyberpunk 2077 5 0−1
Far Cry 5 16
+700%
2−3
−700%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+750%
2−3
−750%
Hitman 3 10
+900%
1−2
−900%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20
+567%
3−4
−567%
Metro Exodus 17
+750%
2−3
−750%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16
+700%
2−3
−700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Watch Dogs: Legion 8
+700%
1−2
−700%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 13
+550%
2−3
−550%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7 0−1
Hitman 3 5−6 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 5−6 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10
+900%
1−2
−900%
Metro Exodus 8
+700%
1−2
−700%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%

This is how RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and GT 820M compete in popular games:

  • RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 667% faster in 1080p
  • RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 700% faster in 1440p
  • RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 900% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.07 1.47
Recency 7 January 2020 27 November 2013
Chip lithography 7 nm 28 nm

The Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 820M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a notebook card while GeForce GT 820M is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
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