NVIDIA GeForce 820A vs AMD Radeon HD 8510G

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 820A and AMD Radeon HD 8510G 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 820A

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • Around 72% higher core clock speed: 775 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 556 vs 358
  • Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 158 vs 102
  • 2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3032 vs 1406
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 March 2014 vs 23 May 2013
Core clock speed 775 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 556 vs 358
PassMark - G2D Mark 158 vs 102
Geekbench - OpenCL 3032 vs 1406

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8510G

  • 4x more pipelines: 384 vs 96
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1766 vs 1716
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1766 vs 1716
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3206 vs 1705
  • Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3206 vs 1705
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 384 vs 96
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1766 vs 1716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1766 vs 1716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3206 vs 1705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3206 vs 1705

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 820A
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8510G

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
556
358
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
158
102
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3032
1406
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1716
1766
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1716
1766
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1705
3206
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1705
3206
Name NVIDIA GeForce 820A AMD Radeon HD 8510G
PassMark - G3D Mark 556 358
PassMark - G2D Mark 158 102
Geekbench - OpenCL 3032 1406
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1716 1766
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1716 1766
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1705 3206
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1705 3206

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 820A AMD Radeon HD 8510G

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0
Code name GF117 Trinity
Launch date 17 March 2014 23 May 2013
Place in performance rating 1284 1285
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 775 MHz 450 MHz
Floating-point performance 297.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm
Pipelines 96 384
Texture fill rate 12.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Transistor count 585 million
Boost clock speed 554 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11
OpenGL 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3
Shared memory 1