NVIDIA GeForce 820M videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce 820M

GeForce 820M videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 21 March 2015. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on Kepler microarchitecture codenamed GK107.

Core clock speed - 810 MHz. Texture fill rate - 10 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 96. Floating-point performance - 240.0 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 1,270 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 45 Watt.

Memory type: DDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 64 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1802 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 14.4 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
495
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
113
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345616
2775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
7.765 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
161.305 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
0.686 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
14.257 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
22.768 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
1195 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
1447 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3349 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
1195.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
1447.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3349.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
847
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 495
PassMark - G2D Mark 113
Geekbench - OpenCL 2775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 7.765 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 161.305 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 0.686 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 14.257 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 22.768 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1195 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1447 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3349 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1195.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1447.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3349.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 847

Games performance

Counter-Strike: GO (2012)

Low, 1024x768135.00
Medium, 1366x768105.80
High, 1366x76878.70

Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)

Low, 1024x76827.40
Medium, 1366x76812.00

Far Cry 4 (2014)

Low, 1024x76826.50
Medium, 1366x76818.20

Assassin's Creed Unity (2014)

Low, 1024x76815.10
Medium, 1366x7689.70

Alien: Isolation (2014)

Low, 1024x76841.15
Medium, 1366x76827.35
High, 1920x108014.40

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)

Low, 1280x72026.65
Medium, 1344x75617.05
High, 1920x10808.80
Ultra, 1920x10806.70

Sims 4 (2014)

Low, 1024x768141.90
Medium, 1366x76848.30
High, 1920x108025.30
Ultra, 1920x108020.50

Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014)

Low, 1280x72033.60
Medium, 1280x72032.00
High, 1920x108011.00

The Elder Scrolls Online (2014)

Low, 1024x76858.60
Medium, 1366x76834.00
High, 1366x76825.20

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x76820.30
Medium, 1366x76813.20
High, 1366x76811.10

X-Plane 10.25 (2013)

Low, 1024x76868.20
Medium, 1366x76829.20
High, 1366x76812.00

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Low, 1024x76838.80
Medium, 1366x76826.30
High, 1366x76818.70

Total War: Rome II (2013)

Low, 1024x76850.70
Medium, 1366x76838.60
High, 1366x76830.50

Company of Heroes 2 (2013)

Low, 1024x76820.70
Medium, 1366x76816.00
High, 1366x7689.30
Ultra, 1920x10803.90

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x76828.50

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x72056.20
Medium, 1366x76831.40
High, 1366x76826.50
Ultra, 1920x10808.10

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013)

Medium, 1366x76868.90
High, 1366x76832.00

SimCity (2013)

Low, 1024x768126.60
Medium, 1366x76821.60
High, 1366x76817.90

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x76876.25
Medium, 1366x76838.95
High, 1366x76822.05

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x76825.10
Medium, 1366x76815.60

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Low, 1024x76838.35
Medium, 1366x76825.65
High, 1366x76811.90
Ultra, 1920x10804.90

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x76860.70
Medium, 1366x76846.90
High, 1366x76828.40

Dirt Showdown (2012)

Low, 1024x76848.00
Medium, 1366x76831.60
High, 1366x76827.60

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x76895.00
Medium, 1366x76866.70
High, 1366x76855.90
Ultra, 1920x108033.90

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Low, 1280x72049.70
High, 1366x76832.70

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Low, 1280x72047.10
Medium, 1366x76831.75
High, 1366x76822.55

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x76836.70
Medium, 1366x76824.00
High, 1366x76819.00

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

High, 1366x76846.50
Ultra, 1920x108017.90

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768164.00
Medium, 1360x76847.00
High, 1360x76825.00
Ultra, 1920x108014.00

Trackmania Nations Forever (2008)

Low, 640x480207.00
High, 1024x76873.40

World of Warcraft (2005)

Low, 800x60094.50
Medium, 1024x76866.80
High, 1280x102441.00
Ultra, 1920x108014.50

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Kepler
Code name GK107
Launch date 21 March 2015
Place in performance rating 1477
Type Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 810 MHz
Floating-point performance 240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 96
Texture fill rate 10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt
Transistor count 1,270 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1802 MHz
Memory type DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus
Verde Drivers