NVIDIA GeForce 820A vs AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 820A and AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 820A

AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 820A

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
2x more texture fill rate: 12.4 GTexel / s vs 6.2 GTexel / s
Around 20% better floating-point performance: 297.6 gflops vs 248.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 556 vs 336
3.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2978 vs 782

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 March 2014 vs 21 December 2013
Texture fill rate	12.4 GTexel / s vs 6.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	297.6 gflops vs 248.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	556 vs 336
Geekbench - OpenCL	2978 vs 782

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM

Around 67% higher pipelines: 160 vs 96
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 164 vs 158

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	160 vs 96
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	164 vs 158

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 820A
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

556

336

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

158

164

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2978

782

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 820A	AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	556	336
PassMark - G2D Mark	158	164
Geekbench - OpenCL	2978	782
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1705

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 820A	AMD Radeon R5 235 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	GF117	Caicos
Launch date	17 March 2014	21 December 2013
Place in performance rating	1278	1269
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R5 200 Series
Technical info
Core clock speed	775 MHz	775 MHz
Floating-point performance	297.6 gflops	248.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	96	160
Texture fill rate	12.4 GTexel / s	6.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity