AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 820A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 820A videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM

NVIDIA GeForce 820A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 775 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 25.2 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 384 vs 96
2.7x better floating-point performance: 806.4 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
2.2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 73% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5150 vs 2983
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1841 vs 1716
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1841 vs 1716
Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3260 vs 1705
Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3260 vs 1705

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 17 March 2014
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate	25.2 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 96
Floating-point performance	806.4 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	5150 vs 2983
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1841 vs 1716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1841 vs 1716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3260 vs 1705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3260 vs 1705

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 820A

4.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 65 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 820A

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5150

2983

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1841

1716

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1841

1716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3260

1705

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3260

1705

Name	AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 820A
Geekbench - OpenCL	5150	2983
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1106
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1106
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1841	1716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1841	1716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3260	1705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3260	1705
PassMark - G3D Mark		556
PassMark - G2D Mark		158

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 820A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Oland	GF117
Launch date	5 May 2015	17 March 2014
Place in performance rating	1281	1282
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	775 MHz
Floating-point performance	806.4 gflops	297.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	96
Texture fill rate	25.2 GTexel / s	12.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	585 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3